Climate averages 1991–2020

Zinder weather
in March.

A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 36.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 19.4°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a very hot month in Zinder: daytime highs average 36.2°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Katsina (175 km away). In March its highs average 36.1°C, about as warm as Zinder, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Zinder ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest March highs and joint 2nd of 8 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 8 cities is 37.0°C; Zinder is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 39.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Zinder climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Zinder, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.7°C12.9°C	12.9°C	0	0.0	11.411 h
February	32.0°C15.4°C	15.4°C	0	0.0	11.712 h
March, selected	36.2°C19.4°C	19.4°C	0.1	0.0	12.012 h
April	39.4°C22.6°C	22.6°C	0.8	0.3	12.412 h
May	39.6°C24.6°C	24.6°C	6.1	1.7	12.813 h
June	38.0°C25.2°C	25.2°C	16	4.5	12.913 h
July	34.2°C24.1°C	24.1°C	68	12.9	12.913 h
August	31.5°C23.0°C	23.0°C	133	16.0	12.613 h
September	34.5°C23.1°C	23.1°C	39	6.5	12.212 h
October	36.4°C21.8°C	21.8°C	4.2	0.9	11.812 h
November	33.4°C18.0°C	18.0°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
December	29.6°C13.9°C	13.9°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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Zinder

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Zinder) is explained once on the Zinder year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.