Climate averages 1991–2020
N'Djamena weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in N'Djamena: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gamboru (96 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 0.6°C warmer than N'Djamena, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, N'Djamena ranks 1st of 8 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.0°C; N'Djamena is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 185 mm to 79 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
N'Djamena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 35.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 41.5°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 3.7 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.2°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 18 | 4.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.9°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 33.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 106 | 16.2 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 185 | 21.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 79 | 11.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 14 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 32.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
August in nearby cities
- Gamboru in AugustNigeria · 96 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Bama in AugustNigeria · 161 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Maroua in AugustCameroon · 186 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Maiduguri in AugustNigeria · 207 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Guider in AugustCameroon · 270 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Mubi in AugustNigeria · 282 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 222 mm rain
- Pala in AugustChad · 305 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Kelo in AugustChad · 322 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 244 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 N'Djamena) is explained once on the N'Djamena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.