Moundou climate

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Moundou is warmest in March, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. August is the wettest month (265 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Moundou averages 932 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Chad · population 196,124 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 38 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 265 mm
Least cloud December 36 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record January 12 °C

What to expectMoundou through the year

Moundou has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 38 °C in March, a swing of 7.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 281 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in January to 265 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.0 °C	0 mm	40 %
February	35.8 °C	under 1 mm	47 %
March	38.3 °C	3 mm	56 %
April	37.8 °C	25 mm	65 %
May	34.9 °C	72 mm	66 %
June	31.9 °C	116 mm	67 %
July	29.5 °C	209 mm	77 %
August	28.7 °C	265 mm	83 %
September	29.5 °C	174 mm	79 %
October	31.1 °C	67 mm	66 %
November	33.6 °C	2 mm	48 %
December	32.7 °C	under 1 mm	36 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.0 °C	18.8 °C	25.6 °C	38.6 °C	12.4 °C	31	27
February	35.8 °C	21.1 °C	28.2 °C	41.4 °C	15.1 °C	28	28
March	38.3 °C	24.5 °C	31.3 °C	41.8 °C	18.5 °C	31	31
April	37.8 °C	26.6 °C	32.0 °C	42.7 °C	20.0 °C	30	30
May	34.9 °C	25.4 °C	29.8 °C	41.1 °C	21.2 °C	31	30
June	31.9 °C	23.6 °C	27.4 °C	36.9 °C	20.7 °C	30	26
July	29.5 °C	22.3 °C	25.5 °C	34.0 °C	19.9 °C	31	12
August	28.7 °C	21.8 °C	24.8 °C	31.6 °C	19.4 °C	30	4
September	29.5 °C	21.9 °C	25.3 °C	32.4 °C	20.2 °C	30	11
October	31.1 °C	22.3 °C	26.4 °C	35.3 °C	18.4 °C	31	24
November	33.6 °C	21.3 °C	27.2 °C	36.7 °C	15.4 °C	30	30
December	32.7 °C	19.3 °C	25.6 °C	36.6 °C	14.7 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	12 h/day	40 %	27 %	11 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	47 %	22 %	12 km/h
March	3 mm	1	12 h/day	56 %	26 %	13 km/h
April	25 mm	5	12 h/day	65 %	43 %	14 km/h
May	72 mm	12	13 h/day	66 %	60 %	12 km/h
June	116 mm	17	13 h/day	67 %	73 %	11 km/h
July	209 mm	25	13 h/day	77 %	82 %	10 km/h
August	265 mm	27	12 h/day	83 %	85 %	10 km/h
September	174 mm	22	12 h/day	79 %	84 %	9.8 km/h
October	67 mm	12	12 h/day	66 %	77 %	9.8 km/h
November	2 mm	0	12 h/day	48 %	50 %	11 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	35 %	11 km/h

How Moundou compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Moundou	38 °C	19 °C	932 mm	364
Maroua · Cameroon	40 °C	18 °C	570 mm	365
Ngaoundéré · Cameroon	33 °C	16 °C	2,103 mm	326
Mubi · Nigeria	37 °C	14 °C	808 mm	359
Yola · Nigeria	40 °C	20 °C	588 mm	365

Where Moundou ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in January	12th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in January	12th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in February	15th of 50	0.04 mm
The driest places in the world in February	15th of 50	0.04 mm
The warmest places in Africa in March	15th of 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	15th of 50	38 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Moundou.

QuestionsCommon questions about Moundou’s climate

When is the best time to visit Moundou?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Moundou get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 281 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Moundou?

August, averaging 265 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 932 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Moundou rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 8.574°, 16.077° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.