Zinder climate

Name: Zinder
Address: NE

Zinder is warmest in May, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. August is the wettest month (129 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Zinder averages 260 mm of rain and 358 days above 25 °C.

Niger · population 318,874 · 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 May 40 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 129 mm
Least cloud February 23 % cloud
Hottest on record April 44 °C
Coldest on record January 6.1 °C

What to expectZinder through the year

Zinder has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 40 °C in May, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 358 days a year reach 25 °C, 302 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 January to 129 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.7 °C	0 mm	24 %
February	32.0 °C	under 1 mm	23 %
March	36.2 °C	under 1 mm	34 %
April	39.4 °C	1 mm	37 %
May	39.5 °C	7 mm	38 %
June	38.0 °C	15 mm	36 %
July	34.1 °C	67 mm	56 %
August	31.5 °C	129 mm	67 %
September	34.5 °C	38 mm	48 %
October	36.4 °C	3 mm	34 %
November	33.4 °C	under 1 mm	30 %
December	29.6 °C	0 mm	24 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.7 °C	12.9 °C	20.5 °C	37.3 °C	6.1 °C	26	11
February	32.0 °C	15.5 °C	23.6 °C	40.6 °C	8.5 °C	27	19
March	36.2 °C	19.5 °C	27.9 °C	42.3 °C	9.1 °C	31	30
April	39.4 °C	22.7 °C	31.4 °C	43.9 °C	15.7 °C	30	30
May	39.5 °C	24.7 °C	32.4 °C	43.6 °C	17.9 °C	31	31
June	38.0 °C	25.3 °C	31.5 °C	42.4 °C	20.1 °C	30	30
July	34.1 °C	24.1 °C	28.7 °C	40.6 °C	20.3 °C	31	29
August	31.5 °C	23.0 °C	26.9 °C	38.6 °C	20.2 °C	31	23
September	34.5 °C	23.2 °C	28.5 °C	40.9 °C	18.3 °C	30	28
October	36.4 °C	21.9 °C	29.1 °C	40.1 °C	16.4 °C	31	31
November	33.4 °C	18.0 °C	25.5 °C	38.3 °C	11.2 °C	30	28
December	29.6 °C	14.0 °C	21.5 °C	36.4 °C	7.3 °C	30	13

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	11 h/day	24 %	19 %	21 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	23 %	14 %	21 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	34 %	12 %	21 km/h
April	1 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	15 %	19 km/h
May	7 mm	2	13 h/day	38 %	28 %	19 km/h
June	15 mm	4	13 h/day	36 %	44 %	20 km/h
July	67 mm	12	13 h/day	56 %	62 %	19 km/h
August	129 mm	15	13 h/day	67 %	73 %	17 km/h
September	38 mm	6	12 h/day	48 %	61 %	16 km/h
October	3 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	30 %	18 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	30 %	19 %	20 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	24 %	20 %	20 km/h

How Zinder 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
Zinder	40 °C	13 °C	260 mm	358
Katsina · Nigeria	39 °C	14 °C	422 mm	360
Maradi · Niger	40 °C	14 °C	282 mm	362
Kano · Nigeria	38 °C	14 °C	634 mm	360
Chakwama · Nigeria	39 °C	14 °C	633 mm	362
Gusau · Nigeria	39 °C	16 °C	553 mm	363
Zaria · Nigeria	37 °C	15 °C	780 mm	356

Where Zinder ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in November	7thof 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in the world in November	7thof 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in Africa in December	8thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in February	8thof 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in Africa in January	8thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in March	8thof 50	0.1 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Zinder’s climate

When is the best time to visit Zinder?

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, May is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Zinder get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 302 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 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Zinder?

August, averaging 129 mm over 15 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 260 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 Zinder 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.