Climate averages 1991–2020
Dosso weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Dosso: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birnin Kebbi (127 km away). In July its highs average 32.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Dosso, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Dosso ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest July highs and 8th of 8 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 8 cities is 35.7°C; Dosso is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 156 mm.
The annual picture
July 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
Dosso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.9°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 13 | 3.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 29 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| July, selected | 33.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 75 | 12.3 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 156 | 17.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 33.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 58 | 8.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°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
July in nearby cities
- Birnin Kebbi in JulyNigeria · 127 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Niamey in JulyNiger · 128 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 61 mm rain
- Jega in JulyNigeria · 158 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 113 mm rain
- Sokoto in JulyNigeria · 222 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in JulyNiger · 237 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Tahoua in JulyNiger · 303 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in JulyBurkina Faso · 327 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Kontagora in JulyNigeria · 385 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 212 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 Dosso) is explained once on the Dosso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.