Tahoua climate

Name: Tahoua
Address: NE

Tahoua is warmest in April, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. August is the wettest month (83 mm) and December the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tahoua averages 183 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Niger · population 159,468 · 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 15 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 83 mm
Least cloud February 23 % cloud
Hottest on record June 45 °C
Coldest on record January 7.6 °C

What to expectTahoua through the year

Tahoua 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, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 330 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in December to 83 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.4 °C	under 1 mm	26 %
February	33.7 °C	under 1 mm	23 %
March	37.5 °C	under 1 mm	31 %
April	40.5 °C	1 mm	35 %
May	40.2 °C	9 mm	35 %
June	38.8 °C	14 mm	32 %
July	35.6 °C	43 mm	48 %
August	33.3 °C	83 mm	59 %
September	35.9 °C	28 mm	42 %
October	37.4 °C	5 mm	29 %
November	34.9 °C	under 1 mm	27 %
December	31.4 °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	30.4 °C	14.6 °C	22.1 °C	38.7 °C	7.6 °C	30	16
February	33.7 °C	17.1 °C	25.2 °C	41.2 °C	9.2 °C	28	24
March	37.5 °C	20.8 °C	29.3 °C	42.7 °C	11.1 °C	31	31
April	40.5 °C	23.9 °C	32.6 °C	44.9 °C	17.3 °C	30	30
May	40.2 °C	25.9 °C	33.3 °C	44.3 °C	18.2 °C	31	31
June	38.8 °C	26.6 °C	32.5 °C	45.0 °C	21.9 °C	30	30
July	35.6 °C	25.3 °C	30.1 °C	41.4 °C	20.6 °C	31	31
August	33.3 °C	24.0 °C	28.3 °C	39.6 °C	21.1 °C	31	27
September	35.9 °C	24.2 °C	29.7 °C	42.4 °C	19.4 °C	30	29
October	37.4 °C	22.6 °C	30.1 °C	41.5 °C	16.9 °C	31	31
November	34.9 °C	19.3 °C	26.9 °C	38.8 °C	12.8 °C	30	30
December	31.4 °C	15.7 °C	23.2 °C	37.2 °C	10.2 °C	31	21

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	26 %	16 %	22 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	23 %	13 %	22 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	11 %	22 km/h
April	1 mm	0	12 h/day	35 %	14 %	20 km/h
May	9 mm	2	13 h/day	35 %	30 %	19 km/h
June	14 mm	4	13 h/day	32 %	43 %	20 km/h
July	43 mm	10	13 h/day	48 %	57 %	20 km/h
August	83 mm	12	13 h/day	59 %	68 %	18 km/h
September	28 mm	6	12 h/day	42 %	57 %	16 km/h
October	5 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	32 %	17 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	27 %	17 %	20 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	26 %	18 %	21 km/h

How Tahoua 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
Tahoua	40 °C	15 °C	183 mm	364
Sokoto · Nigeria	41 °C	18 °C	382 mm	364
Maradi · Niger	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
Niamey · Niger	41 °C	16 °C	272 mm	365
Zinder · Niger	40 °C	13 °C	260 mm	358

Where Tahoua ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in March	5th of 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in Africa in November	5th of 50	0.01 mm
The driest places in the world in March	5th of 50	0.06 mm
The driest places in the world in November	5th of 50	0.01 mm
The warmest places in Africa in October	5th of 50	37 °C
The warmest places in the world in October	5th of 50	37 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tahoua’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tahoua?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Tahoua get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 330 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tahoua?

August, averaging 83 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 183 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 Tahoua 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: 14.889°, 5.269° (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.