Climate averages 1991–2020
Doba weather
in April.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Doba: daytime highs average 38.0°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moundou (86 km away). In April its highs average 37.9°C, about as warm as Doba, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Doba ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 39.0°C; Doba is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 35.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 68 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Doba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 2.4 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 38.0°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 22 | 5.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 68 | 11.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 102 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 201 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 256 | 26.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 159 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 58 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Moundou in AprilChad · 86 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Kelo in AprilChad · 135 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Sarh in AprilChad · 176 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Pala in AprilChad · 227 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Bouar in AprilCentral African Republic · 334 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Guider in AprilCameroon · 349 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Maroua in AprilCameroon · 351 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in AprilCameroon · 389 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 172 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 Doba) is explained once on the Doba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.