Climate guideThirty-year normals for Téra
Téra climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation386 mm65 wet days a year
14.01° N, 0.75° EElevation 248 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goTéra · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low38° / 25°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Téra has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 41° and nights 28°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 31° and lows of 16°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.
About 386 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (140 mm, 23 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 13% in February to 34% in August.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Téra is 0.3° warmer on a May afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 41° · May
- Coldest nights
- 16° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- February · 13% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 57 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 18 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 | 31° | 34° | 38° | 41° | 41° | 39° | 35° | 33° | 36° | 38° | 36° | 32° |
| Average low | 16° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 20° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 2 mm | 4 mm | 15 mm | 49 mm | 103 mm | 140 mm | 66 mm | 7 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 6 | 17.5 | 22.5 | 14.7 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Cloud cover | 14% | 13% | 20% | 25% | 26% | 19% | 28% | 34% | 25% | 19% | 16% | 18% |
| Daylight | 11h 23 | 11h 41 | 12h 02 | 12h 27 | 12h 46 | 12h 57 | 12h 53 | 12h 36 | 12h 13 | 11h 50 | 11h 29 | 11h 18 |
| Month score | 76 | 63 | 58 | 58 | 54 | 44 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 52 | 58 | 71 |
ivMonth by month
Téra in every month
January76
31° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February63
34° / 18°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March58
38° / 22°
2 mm · 0 wet days
April58
41° / 25°
4 mm · 0.2 wet days
May54
41° / 28°
15 mm · 1.8 wet days
June44
39° / 27°
49 mm · 6 wet days
July25
35° / 25°
103 mm · 17.5 wet days
August30
33° / 24°
140 mm · 22.5 wet days
September25
36° / 25°
66 mm · 14.7 wet days
October52
38° / 25°
7 mm · 2.5 wet days
November58
36° / 20°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December71
32° / 17°
0 mm · 0 wet days