Climate averages 1991–2020
Tahoua weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Tahoua: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 14.5°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 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (122 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Tahoua, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Tahoua ranks 4th 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; Tahoua is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 3.3°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Tahoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| February | 33.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 37.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 9.0 | 2.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 38.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 16 | 5.3 | 13.013 h |
| July | 35.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 43 | 10.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 33.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 90 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 36.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 29 | 6.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 37.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| December | 31.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 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
- Birni N Konni in JanuaryNiger · 122 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Sokoto in JanuaryNigeria · 203 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Maradi in JanuaryNiger · 251 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 14.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Birnin Kebbi in JanuaryNigeria · 294 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Dosso in JanuaryNiger · 303 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Jega in JanuaryNigeria · 312 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Katsina in JanuaryNigeria · 328 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Gusau in JanuaryNigeria · 338 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 0.3 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 Tahoua) is explained once on the Tahoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.