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When to go to Niamey
Twelve months of averages for Niamey, and what they say about when to go.
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When to go
What the averages say
Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Niger at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
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- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): February to July and September to December.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): August.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): August and September.
- The warmest month is April (41°C) and the coolest January (31°C). The wettest is August (190 mm) and the driest January (0 mm); about 546 mm of rain falls in a year.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, dry
- FebHot
- MarHot
- AprHot
- MayHot
- JunHot
- JulHot
- AugWet
- SeptHot
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Niamey
The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°C | 15°C | 0 mm | 19% | 25% | 5.7 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 35°C | 18°C | 1 mm | 16% | 27% | 6.2 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 39°C | 22°C | 1 mm | 15% | 48% | 6.5 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 41°C | 27°C | 8 mm | 25% | 60% | 6.6 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 40°C | 28°C | 23 mm | 40% | 65% | 6.5 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 37°C | 27°C | 81 mm | 51% | 65% | 6.2 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 34°C | 25°C | 138 mm | 63% | 67% | 5.9 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 31°C | 24°C | 190 mm | 75% | 75% | 5.7 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 33°C | 23°C | 84 mm | 72% | 54% | 6.1 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 36°C | 23°C | 20 mm | 53% | 38% | 6.1 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 35°C | 19°C | 0 mm | 29% | 25% | 5.9 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 32°C | 16°C | 0 mm | 23% | 20% | 5.6 | 25°C | Hot |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Sokoto343 kmGood for going: September
- Tamale559 kmGood for going: June and October
- Ilorin618 kmGood for going: May and November
- Iseyin637 kmGood for going: November to April
- Ogbomoso642 kmGood for going: March, April and November to January
- Minna649 kmGood for going: June and October
- Bida651 kmGood for going: June and October
- Oyo660 kmGood for going: November to April
Travel advice
Official travel advice warns against all travel to Niger at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.
Read the official travel advice (UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs)