Climate averages 1991–2020

Doba weather
in December.

A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.3°C Daytime mean, December

Average low 19.1°C Night-time mean, December

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

December is a hot month in Doba: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Moundou (86 km away). In December its highs average 32.8°C, about as warm as Doba, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Doba ranks joint 3rd of 8 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 33.2°C; Doba is level with that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Doba, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

December in nearby cities

Distance from Doba

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 limits

How 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.