Climate averages 1991–2020
Am Timan weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Am Timan: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 26.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sarh (296 km away). In May its highs average 35.2°C, 2.2°C cooler than Am Timan, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Am Timan ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 36.7°C; Am Timan is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 92 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
Am Timan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 37.4°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 45 | 10.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 34.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 92 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 205 | 24.8 | 12.713 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 263 | 26.7 | 12.512 h |
| September | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 162 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 46 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| December | 34.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Sarh in MayChad · 296 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Abéché in MayChad · 315 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in MaySudan · 356 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in MaySudan · 359 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Doba in MayChad · 460 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Nyala in MaySudan · 513 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Kelo in MayChad · 527 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Gereida in MaySudan · 530 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°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 Am Timan) is explained once on the Am Timan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.