Climate averages 1991–2020

Agadez weather
in January.

A warm, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 27.3°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 13.3°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Agadez: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 14 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlit (206 km away). In January its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Agadez, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Agadez ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 8 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 8 cities is 29.8°C; Agadez is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

Agadez climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Agadez, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	27.3°C13.3°C	13.3°C	0	0.0	11.211 h
February	30.5°C16.1°C	16.1°C	0	0.0	11.612 h
March	34.9°C20.0°C	20.0°C	0.2	0.1	12.012 h
April	39.1°C24.0°C	24.0°C	0.6	0.2	12.513 h
May	40.9°C26.3°C	26.3°C	1.0	0.3	12.913 h
June	40.8°C26.8°C	26.8°C	3.1	1.1	13.113 h
July	38.7°C26.2°C	26.2°C	19	5.2	13.013 h
August	37.2°C25.2°C	25.2°C	37	8.9	12.713 h
September	39.0°C25.4°C	25.4°C	4.5	1.7	12.212 h
October	36.9°C23.8°C	23.8°C	0.2	0.1	11.812 h
November	32.2°C18.7°C	18.7°C	0	0.0	11.411 h
December	28.3°C14.6°C	14.6°C	0	0.0	11.111 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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Agadez

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 Agadez) is explained once on the Agadez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.