Climate averages 1991–2020
Abéché weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Abéché: daytime highs average 39.1°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.4 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Junaynah (179 km away). In May its highs average 37.2°C, 2.0°C cooler than Abéché, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Abéché ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 36.7°C; Abéché is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 37.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.4 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
May in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Abéché climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 1.6 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 39.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 9.4 | 3.0 | 12.813 h |
| June | 37.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 23 | 5.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 111 | 16.3 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 207 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 52 | 8.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 6.2 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| December | 33.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
May in nearby cities
- Al-Junaynah in MaySudan · 179 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in MaySudan · 180 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Am Timan in MayChad · 315 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Nyala in MaySudan · 481 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- El Fasher in MaySudan · 488 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Gereida in MaySudan · 547 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Sarh in MayChad · 585 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 75 mm rain
- El Daein in MaySudan · 632 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 26 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Abéché) is explained once on the Abéché year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.