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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tanda, Niger
Tanda climate by month
Hot semi-arid · BShBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing8°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation778 mm108 wet days a year
11.99° N, 3.32° EElevation 209 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goTanda · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low35° / 23°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tanda has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh): little rain, large day–night swings and strong sunshine.
The warmest month is April, when afternoons average 41° and nights 26°. August is the coolest month, with highs of 30° and lows of 23°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 8°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 778 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (235 mm, 28 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in January to 47% in August.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Tanda is 0.1° warmer on a April afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · April
- Coldest nights
- 18° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- January · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 49 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 26 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 33° | 36° | 39° | 41° | 39° | 36° | 32° | 30° | 31° | 35° | 36° | 34° |
| Average low | 18° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 20° | 18° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 16 mm | 76 mm | 113 mm | 179 mm | 235 mm | 138 mm | 20 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 16.5 | 23.2 | 28 | 24.3 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 15% | 26% | 34% | 35% | 31% | 42% | 47% | 37% | 25% | 19% | 15% |
| Daylight | 11h 30 | 11h 45 | 12h 03 | 12h 24 | 12h 40 | 12h 49 | 12h 46 | 12h 32 | 12h 12 | 11h 52 | 11h 35 | 11h 26 |
| Month score | 65 | 58 | 56 | 53 | 42 | 25 | 33 | 38 | 37 | 39 | 57 | 63 |
ivMonth by month
Tanda in every month
January65
33° / 18°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February58
36° / 20°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March56
39° / 23°
1 mm · 0.7 wet day
April53
41° / 26°
16 mm · 1.3 wet day
May42
39° / 27°
76 mm · 5.8 wet days
June25
36° / 25°
113 mm · 16.5 wet days
July33
32° / 24°
179 mm · 23.2 wet days
August38
30° / 23°
235 mm · 28 wet days
September37
31° / 23°
138 mm · 24.3 wet days
October39
35° / 23°
20 mm · 8.2 wet days
November57
36° / 20°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
December63
34° / 18°
0 mm · 0 wet days