When to go · Niger
When to go to Zinder
Twelve months of averages for Zinder, and what they say about when to go.
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 November.
- 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.
- The warmest month is May (40°C) and the coolest January (29°C). The wettest is August (173 mm) and the driest January (0 mm); about 416 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
- DecMild–warm, dry
Month by month
Every month in Zinder
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 | 29°C | 12°C | 0 mm | 19% | 22% | 5.8 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 33°C | 16°C | 0 mm | 15% | 26% | 6.3 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 37°C | 20°C | 0 mm | 12% | 43% | 6.6 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 40°C | 24°C | 2 mm | 15% | 58% | 6.7 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 40°C | 26°C | 14 mm | 25% | 66% | 6.6 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 38°C | 26°C | 45 mm | 38% | 62% | 6.4 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 35°C | 24°C | 117 mm | 55% | 67% | 6.1 | 39°C | Hot |
| August | 31°C | 23°C | 173 mm | 70% | 68% | 5.9 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 33°C | 22°C | 54 mm | 63% | 51% | 6.3 | 37°C | Hot |
| October | 35°C | 21°C | 9 mm | 36% | 37% | 6.2 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 33°C | 17°C | 2 mm | 23% | 25% | 5.9 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 29°C | 13°C | 0 mm | 22% | 18% | 5.6 | 25°C | Mild to warm and dry |
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
- Kano207 kmGood for going: December and January
- Zaria330 kmGood for going: June and October to January
- Saminaka379 kmGood for going: June and September to January
- Bauchi400 kmGood for going: September
- Kaduna402 kmGood for going: October to January
- Sokoto413 kmGood for going: September
- Jos431 kmGood for going: May, June and September to January
- Minna536 kmGood for going: June and October
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)