N'Djamena climate

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N'Djamena is warmest in April, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. August is the wettest month (186 mm) and December the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year N'Djamena averages 433 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Chad · population 1,359,526 · 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 April 41 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 186 mm
Least cloud December 26 % cloud
Hottest on record April 46 °C
Coldest on record January 10 °C

What to expectN'Djamena through the year

N'Djamena has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 32 °C in January to 41 °C in April, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 328 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in December to 186 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.0 °C	under 1 mm	29 %
February	35.2 °C	under 1 mm	30 %
March	39.2 °C	under 1 mm	41 %
April	41.4 °C	4 mm	44 %
May	40.2 °C	17 mm	45 %
June	37.9 °C	31 mm	52 %
July	33.5 °C	106 mm	69 %
August	30.5 °C	186 mm	78 %
September	32.6 °C	76 mm	65 %
October	36.0 °C	12 mm	44 %
November	35.5 °C	under 1 mm	34 %
December	32.6 °C	0 mm	26 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.0 °C	16.6 °C	23.8 °C	40.3 °C	10.0 °C	31	21
February	35.2 °C	19.4 °C	26.8 °C	43.1 °C	12.6 °C	28	26
March	39.2 °C	23.5 °C	31.1 °C	43.9 °C	15.7 °C	31	31
April	41.4 °C	26.7 °C	34.1 °C	45.6 °C	19.9 °C	30	30
May	40.2 °C	27.5 °C	33.7 °C	45.3 °C	21.4 °C	31	31
June	37.9 °C	27.0 °C	32.0 °C	42.4 °C	22.0 °C	30	30
July	33.5 °C	24.9 °C	28.7 °C	41.1 °C	21.8 °C	31	28
August	30.5 °C	23.5 °C	26.6 °C	36.4 °C	21.1 °C	31	19
September	32.6 °C	23.9 °C	27.8 °C	40.1 °C	21.2 °C	30	27
October	36.0 °C	23.8 °C	29.6 °C	40.0 °C	19.4 °C	31	31
November	35.5 °C	21.1 °C	28.0 °C	39.7 °C	15.3 °C	30	30
December	32.6 °C	17.6 °C	24.6 °C	38.5 °C	12.1 °C	31	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	29 %	18 %	15 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	14 %	17 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	41 %	11 %	18 km/h
April	4 mm	1	12 h/day	44 %	18 %	16 km/h
May	17 mm	4	13 h/day	45 %	35 %	16 km/h
June	31 mm	7	13 h/day	52 %	50 %	16 km/h
July	106 mm	16	13 h/day	69 %	68 %	15 km/h
August	186 mm	21	13 h/day	78 %	80 %	13 km/h
September	76 mm	11	12 h/day	65 %	75 %	12 km/h
October	12 mm	3	12 h/day	44 %	47 %	13 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	34 %	21 %	15 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	26 %	20 %	15 km/h

How N'Djamena 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
N'Djamena	41 °C	17 °C	433 mm	365
Maroua · Cameroon	40 °C	18 °C	570 mm	365
Maiduguri · Nigeria	40 °C	16 °C	444 mm	364
Mubi · Nigeria	37 °C	14 °C	808 mm	359

Where N'Djamena ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in December	2nd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	2nd of 50	0 mm
The warmest places in Africa in April	2nd of 50	41 °C
The warmest places in the world in April	2nd of 50	41 °C
The warmest places in Africa in March	4th of 50	39 °C
The warmest places in the world in March	4th of 50	39 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about N'Djamena’s climate

When is the best time to visit N'Djamena?

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

How hot does N'Djamena get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 328 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in N'Djamena?

August, averaging 186 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 433 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 N'Djamena 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: 12.107°, 15.044° (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.