Maradi climate

Name: Maradi
Address: NE

Maradi is warmest in April, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 14 °C. August is the wettest month (128 mm) and November the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Maradi averages 282 mm of rain and 362 days above 25 °C.

Niger · population 361,702 · 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 40 °C
Coldest month January 14 °C
Driest month November 0 mm
Wettest month August 128 mm
Least cloud December 23 % cloud
Hottest on record April 44 °C
Coldest on record January 7.5 °C

What to expectMaradi through the year

Maradi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 40 °C in April, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 362 days a year reach 25 °C, 312 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in November to 128 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.8 °C	under 1 mm	25 %
February	33.1 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
March	37.1 °C	under 1 mm	36 %
April	39.7 °C	2 mm	40 %
May	39.3 °C	12 mm	42 %
June	37.4 °C	20 mm	40 %
July	33.5 °C	63 mm	60 %
August	31.0 °C	128 mm	70 %
September	33.5 °C	50 mm	52 %
October	36.2 °C	8 mm	37 %
November	34.2 °C	0 mm	30 %
December	30.7 °C	under 1 mm	23 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.8 °C	14.4 °C	21.7 °C	38.2 °C	7.5 °C	29	14
February	33.1 °C	16.8 °C	24.7 °C	40.9 °C	10.0 °C	28	22
March	37.1 °C	20.4 °C	28.7 °C	42.5 °C	11.1 °C	31	30
April	39.7 °C	23.5 °C	31.8 °C	44.0 °C	17.3 °C	30	30
May	39.3 °C	25.7 °C	32.4 °C	43.0 °C	18.1 °C	31	31
June	37.4 °C	25.9 °C	31.3 °C	41.2 °C	20.1 °C	30	30
July	33.5 °C	24.3 °C	28.4 °C	39.5 °C	21.0 °C	31	28
August	31.0 °C	23.2 °C	26.6 °C	37.0 °C	20.0 °C	31	21
September	33.5 °C	23.6 °C	28.1 °C	38.9 °C	17.9 °C	30	28
October	36.2 °C	22.1 °C	28.9 °C	39.7 °C	15.8 °C	31	31
November	34.2 °C	18.7 °C	26.2 °C	38.8 °C	13.1 °C	30	29
December	30.7 °C	15.3 °C	22.6 °C	36.7 °C	9.7 °C	31	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	25 %	18 %	18 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	14 %	18 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	12 %	17 km/h
April	2 mm	0	12 h/day	40 %	20 %	16 km/h
May	12 mm	3	13 h/day	42 %	38 %	16 km/h
June	20 mm	5	13 h/day	40 %	52 %	17 km/h
July	63 mm	12	13 h/day	60 %	66 %	17 km/h
August	128 mm	15	13 h/day	70 %	76 %	15 km/h
September	50 mm	8	12 h/day	52 %	69 %	13 km/h
October	8 mm	2	12 h/day	37 %	42 %	14 km/h
November	0 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	20 %	16 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	23 %	20 %	17 km/h

How Maradi 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
Maradi	40 °C	14 °C	282 mm	362
Katsina · Nigeria	39 °C	14 °C	422 mm	360
Gusau · Nigeria	39 °C	16 °C	553 mm	363
Sokoto · Nigeria	41 °C	18 °C	382 mm	364
Zinder · Niger	40 °C	13 °C	260 mm	358
Kano · Nigeria	38 °C	14 °C	634 mm	360
Tahoua · Niger	40 °C	15 °C	183 mm	364

Where Maradi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in November	1stof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in November	1stof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in March	9thof 50	0.1 mm
The driest places in the world in March	9thof 50	0.1 mm
The warmest places in Africa in October	10thof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in April	13thof 50	40 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Maradi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Maradi?

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

How hot does Maradi get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 312 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 14 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Maradi?

August, averaging 128 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is November with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 282 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 Maradi 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
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.