Climate averages 1991–2020
Tahoua weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Tahoua: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (122 km away). In October its highs average 37.1°C, about as warm as Tahoua, with 8.5 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Tahoua ranks joint 1st of 8 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 8 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 8 cities is 36.9°C; Tahoua is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.3 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Birni N Konni in OctoberNiger · 122 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Sokoto in OctoberNigeria · 203 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Maradi in OctoberNiger · 251 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Birnin Kebbi in OctoberNigeria · 294 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Dosso in OctoberNiger · 303 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Jega in OctoberNigeria · 312 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Katsina in OctoberNigeria · 328 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Gusau in OctoberNigeria · 338 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 30 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.