Climate averages 1991–2020
Agadez weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Agadez: daytime highs average 40.9°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 55 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arlit (206 km away). In May its highs average 41.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Agadez, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Agadez ranks 2nd of 8 for the warmest May highs and joint 1st of 8 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 8 cities is 40.3°C; Agadez is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs stay level at 40.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 3.1 mm.
The annual picture
May 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
Agadez climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Arlit in MayNiger · 206 kmHigh 41.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Zinder in MayNiger · 368 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Tahoua in MayNiger · 372 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Maradi in MayNiger · 398 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Katsina in MayNigeria · 445 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.0°C · 18 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in MayNiger · 460 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 27.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Sokoto in MayNigeria · 525 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 27.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Nguru in MayNigeria · 527 kmHigh 40.3°C · Low 25.6°C · 9.9 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 Agadez) is explained once on the Agadez year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.