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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Tanout
Tanout climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean26°day and night
Seasonal swing13°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation214 mm47 wet days a year
14.97° N, 8.89° EElevation 525 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goTanout · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low36° / 21°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Tanout has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 39° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 13°.
About 214 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (91 mm, 19 wet days) and February the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 12% in January to 32% in August.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Tanout is 1° cooler on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 39° · May
- Coldest nights
- 11° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 12% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 00 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 15 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 | 26° | 29° | 34° | 38° | 39° | 39° | 36° | 34° | 37° | 36° | 31° | 27° |
| Average low | 11° | 13° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 16° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 1 mm | 7 mm | 12 mm | 69 mm | 91 mm | 32 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 11.2 | 19.3 | 10.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 12% | 12% | 17% | 17% | 14% | 12% | 25% | 32% | 20% | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Daylight | 11h 20 | 11h 39 | 12h 02 | 12h 28 | 12h 49 | 13h 00 | 12h 56 | 12h 38 | 12h 14 | 11h 49 | 11h 26 | 11h 15 |
| Month score | 97 | 84 | 64 | 57 | 56 | 52 | 32 | 28 | 34 | 54 | 75 | 92 |
ivMonth by month
Tanout in every month
January97
26° / 11°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
February84
29° / 13°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March64
34° / 17°
0 mm · 0 wet days
April57
38° / 21°
1 mm · 0.3 wet days
May56
39° / 24°
7 mm · 1 wet day
June52
39° / 25°
12 mm · 2.7 wet days
July32
36° / 24°
69 mm · 11.2 wet days
August28
34° / 23°
91 mm · 19.3 wet days
September34
37° / 23°
32 mm · 10.3 wet days
October54
36° / 21°
2 mm · 1.5 wet days
November75
31° / 16°
0 mm · 0.3 wet days
December92
27° / 12°
0 mm · 0 wet days