Climate guideThirty-year normals for Timia
Timia climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean24°day and night
Seasonal swing15°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation144 mm16 wet days a year
18.11° N, 8.78° EElevation 1,128 mUTC+1 · West Africa Time
When to goTimia · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low31° / 19°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Timia has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is June, when afternoons average 37° and nights 24°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 9°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 15°.
About 144 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (65 mm, 8 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 8% in October to 18% in December.
Compared with Niamey, the capital, Timia is 1.4° cooler on a June afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 37° · June
- Coldest nights
- 9° · January
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- January
- Clearest skies
- October · 8% cloud
- Longest day
- 13 h 13 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 03 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 | 22° | 25° | 29° | 34° | 36° | 37° | 35° | 34° | 35° | 31° | 27° | 23° |
| Average low | 9° | 12° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 19° | 14° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm | 10 mm | 12 mm | 43 mm | 65 mm | 12 mm | 2 mm | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 7.8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Cloud cover | 15% | 12% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 9% | 11% | 13% | 10% | 8% | 13% | 18% |
| Daylight | 11h 09 | 11h 33 | 12h 01 | 12h 33 | 12h 59 | 13h 13 | 13h 07 | 12h 45 | 12h 15 | 11h 45 | 11h 17 | 11h 03 |
| Month score | 100 | 100 | 83 | 61 | 57 | 54 | 52 | 43 | 53 | 72 | 93 | 100 |
ivMonth by month
Timia in every month
January100
22° / 9°
0 mm · 0 wet days
February100
25° / 12°
0 mm · 0 wet days
March83
29° / 16°
0 mm · 0 wet days
April61
34° / 21°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days
May57
36° / 24°
10 mm · 0.5 wet day
June54
37° / 24°
12 mm · 1.5 wet days
July52
35° / 23°
43 mm · 2.7 wet days
August43
34° / 23°
65 mm · 7.8 wet days
September53
35° / 23°
12 mm · 3 wet days
October72
31° / 19°
2 mm · 0.5 wet day
November93
27° / 14°
0 mm · 0 wet days
December100
23° / 11°
0 mm · 0.2 wet days