Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarh 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 Sarh: daytime highs average 38.1°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 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 Doba (176 km away). In April its highs average 38.0°C, about as warm as Sarh, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Sarh ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 39.0°C; Sarh is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 75 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
Sarh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 3.4 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 38.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 27 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 75 | 12.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 101 | 15.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 205 | 25.5 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 249 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 174 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 73 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°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
- Doba in AprilChad · 176 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 26.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Moundou in AprilChad · 261 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 26.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Kelo in AprilChad · 283 kmHigh 39.0°C · Low 26.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Am Timan in AprilChad · 296 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Pala in AprilChad · 382 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Bambari in AprilCentral African Republic · 453 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Bouar in AprilCentral African Republic · 471 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Maroua in AprilCameroon · 474 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.2°C · 9.0 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 Sarh) is explained once on the Sarh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.