Climate averages 1991–2020
Arlit weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the joint 5th 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 Arlit: daytime highs average 39.3°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical April (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Agadez (206 km away). In April its highs average 39.1°C, about as warm as Arlit, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Arlit ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 40.1°C; Arlit is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 41.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 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
Arlit climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.111 h |
| February | 30.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| March | 34.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 39.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.613 h |
| May | 41.7°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 41.9°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 2.0 | 0.7 | 13.213 h |
| July | 40.3°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 5.4 | 1.8 | 13.113 h |
| August | 39.3°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 16 | 4.4 | 12.813 h |
| September | 40.0°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 4.4 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| October | 37.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 32.5°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| December | 28.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.011 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
- Agadez in AprilNiger · 206 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Tahoua in AprilNiger · 484 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Tamanghasset in AprilAlgeria · 490 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Zinder in AprilNiger · 574 kmHigh 39.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Maradi in AprilNiger · 583 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in AprilNiger · 595 kmHigh 40.9°C · Low 26.0°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Katsina in AprilNigeria · 639 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Sokoto in AprilNigeria · 671 kmHigh 40.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 2.6 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 Arlit) is explained once on the Arlit year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.