Moïssala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Moïssala?

Moïssala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,072 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Moïssala?

The hottest day measured in Moïssala between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1973, reaching 43.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Moïssala?

The coldest day measured in Moïssala between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 12.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Moïssala?

Almost never: Moïssala sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Moïssala warmed?

Yes: Moïssala warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Moïssala?

The wettest day measured in Moïssala between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1956, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Moïssala?

The windiest day measured in Moïssala between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1973, with winds reaching 26.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Moïssala?

The warmest month in Moïssala is March (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Moïssala?

Moïssala receives on average 1,072 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Moïssala?

Moïssala gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Moïssala (Chad) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,072 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is March (31.4 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Moïssala averages 0 frost days, 299 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 138 rainy days per year.

Moïssala has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.3 °C (on 22 March 1973) and the coldest 12.9 °C (on 25 December 1971).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

MoïssalaMandoul Region

coords: 8.34°, 17.77°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.6°C

Average daily high

33.6°C

Average daily low

22.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,072mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

11.7km/h

Seasonal range

6.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

299 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

138 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.7 °C

Average feels-like low

24.0 °C

Average peak gust

27.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

316 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.13 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

43.3 °C

22 March 1973

Coldest day

12.9 °C

25 December 1971

Wettest day

189 mm

7 August 1956

Windiest day

26.9 km/h

29 March 1973

Strongest gust

54.4 km/h

6 April 2017

Hottest feels-like

47.2 °C

2 April 2020

Coldest feels-like

9.4 °C

12 January 2002

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 May 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.8 °C27 March 2025	14.8 °C31 January 2025	28.1 °C	861 mm	327
2024	43.1 °C29 March 2024	16.6 °C21 January 2024	28.6 °C	1,004 mm	335
2023	42.0 °C8 March 2023	16.9 °C15 December 2023	28.2 °C	765 mm	332
2022	42.2 °C22 March 2022	15.7 °C29 December 2022	27.7 °C	1,017 mm	315
2021	41.9 °C5 April 2021	17.2 °C9 February 2021	28.5 °C	775 mm	328
2020	42.8 °C2 April 2020	14.9 °C27 January 2020	28.3 °C	818 mm	322
2019	42.9 °C22 March 2019	17.7 °C10 January 2019	28.3 °C	1,062 mm	319
2018	42.0 °C8 February 2018	14.9 °C5 January 2018	28.4 °C	860 mm	324
2017	42.0 °C27 March 2017	18.1 °C11 January 2017	28.4 °C	817 mm	322
2016	41.8 °C10 March 2016	15.9 °C31 January 2016	28.4 °C	871 mm	332
2015	41.8 °C30 April 2015	13.9 °C12 January 2015	28.1 °C	889 mm	333
2014	42.0 °C18 March 2014	17.4 °C27 December 2014	28.0 °C	945 mm	327
2013	42.3 °C27 February 2013	15.5 °C17 December 2013	28.0 °C	872 mm	302
2012	42.3 °C4 April 2012	15.0 °C9 January 2012	27.5 °C	1,032 mm	304
2011	41.5 °C11 April 2011	13.4 °C16 January 2011	27.5 °C	878 mm	325
2010	43.0 °C20 April 2010	14.4 °C30 December 2010	28.0 °C	1,085 mm	314
2009	43.1 °C7 March 2009	16.1 °C28 December 2009	28.0 °C	912 mm	329
2008	42.2 °C25 March 2008	16.5 °C1 February 2008	27.3 °C	1,069 mm	307
2007	42.4 °C2 April 2007	14.1 °C2 January 2007	27.7 °C	1,027 mm	314
2006	41.6 °C27 February 2006	12.9 °C31 December 2006	27.9 °C	992 mm	314
2005	43.2 °C25 February 2005	16.5 °C8 January 2005	28.2 °C	1,267 mm	321
2004	41.7 °C24 March 2004	16.9 °C5 February 2004	27.8 °C	965 mm	318
2003	41.3 °C8 March 2003	15.8 °C8 December 2003	27.9 °C	1,124 mm	300
2002	41.1 °C23 February 2002	13.1 °C12 January 2002	27.7 °C	822 mm	313
2001	41.4 °C27 February 2001	14.0 °C9 January 2001	27.4 °C	889 mm	309
2000	42.1 °C7 April 2000	14.6 °C15 December 2000	27.1 °C	984 mm	317
1999	41.5 °C17 April 1999	14.7 °C10 January 1999	27.4 °C	1,289 mm	287
1998	42.8 °C3 April 1998	14.0 °C16 January 1998	28.0 °C	1,125 mm	312
1997	41.8 °C23 March 1997	15.7 °C23 January 1997	27.1 °C	1,003 mm	324
1996	41.8 °C7 April 1996	15.3 °C25 December 1996	27.3 °C	1,534 mm	305
1995	42.5 °C16 March 1995	16.0 °C25 January 1995	27.3 °C	1,363 mm	307
1994	41.6 °C23 April 1994	15.0 °C13 December 1994	27.5 °C	1,237 mm	303
1993	41.8 °C4 March 1993	13.8 °C10 February 1993	27.4 °C	879 mm	320
1992	40.9 °C27 March 1992	14.8 °C7 January 1992	26.9 °C	1,138 mm	296
1991	41.2 °C11 March 1991	15.1 °C20 December 1991	27.5 °C	1,158 mm	298
1990	42.6 °C29 March 1990	18.0 °C31 December 1990	28.0 °C	1,090 mm	324
1989	40.7 °C12 April 1989	13.4 °C21 January 1989	27.1 °C	961 mm	305
1988	42.1 °C4 March 1988	17.6 °C28 December 1988	27.6 °C	1,377 mm	290
1987	43.0 °C21 March 1987	14.5 °C2 January 1987	28.0 °C	976 mm	314
1986	42.4 °C14 April 1986	14.5 °C8 December 1986	27.3 °C	1,057 mm	291
1985	42.5 °C18 March 1985	16.2 °C30 December 1985	26.8 °C	1,395 mm	263
1984	40.7 °C18 April 1984	15.0 °C4 January 1984	26.8 °C	1,074 mm	304
1983	41.5 °C27 March 1983	14.9 °C30 December 1983	27.3 °C	1,094 mm	305
1982	40.7 °C4 April 1982	15.0 °C27 November 1982	26.6 °C	1,187 mm	288
1981	41.5 °C15 April 1981	15.8 °C10 January 1981	26.9 °C	1,358 mm	283
1980	42.5 °C11 March 1980	13.3 °C27 December 1980	27.2 °C	1,632 mm	285
1979	42.1 °C20 March 1979	17.1 °C2 January 1979	27.1 °C	1,129 mm	298
1978	41.3 °C30 March 1978	14.5 °C11 January 1978	27.0 °C	1,269 mm	291
1977	42.0 °C12 April 1977	14.3 °C26 December 1977	27.3 °C	1,095 mm	304
1976	39.9 °C25 March 1976	15.2 °C24 January 1976	27.2 °C	1,136 mm	304
1975	41.0 °C13 April 1975	15.6 °C8 December 1975	26.8 °C	1,249 mm	280
1974	40.2 °C12 March 1974	15.1 °C30 December 1974	26.7 °C	1,229 mm	284
1973	43.3 °C22 March 1973	15.7 °C26 December 1973	27.8 °C	1,122 mm	310
1972	41.8 °C15 March 1972	15.7 °C11 January 1972	27.5 °C	971 mm	309
1971	42.2 °C5 March 1971	12.9 °C25 December 1971	27.1 °C	1,022 mm	293
1970	42.1 °C31 March 1970	14.4 °C3 December 1970	27.4 °C	1,143 mm	302
1969	40.5 °C20 February 1969	15.3 °C8 January 1969	27.1 °C	1,381 mm	299
1968	42.0 °C7 April 1968	15.1 °C25 December 1968	27.1 °C	1,082 mm	305
1967	43.1 °C16 April 1967	14.6 °C27 January 1967	27.1 °C	998 mm	292
1966	42.6 °C6 April 1966	17.1 °C5 January 1966	28.9 °C	684 mm	335
1965	41.4 °C18 April 1965	16.0 °C5 February 1965	28.7 °C	562 mm	334
1964	41.7 °C30 March 1964	18.0 °C13 January 1964	29.0 °C	601 mm	312
1963	40.8 °C31 March 1963	16.3 °C9 December 1963	27.9 °C	819 mm	305
1962	40.3 °C8 March 1962	16.3 °C6 January 1962	27.4 °C	979 mm	276
1961	40.2 °C9 March 1961	17.5 °C28 December 1961	27.2 °C	1,064 mm	271
1960	41.2 °C30 March 1960	18.7 °C23 November 1960	27.7 °C	1,121 mm	286
1959	41.8 °C15 March 1959	17.6 °C29 December 1959	28.0 °C	883 mm	303
1958	41.6 °C29 March 1958	18.5 °C8 January 1958	27.6 °C	1,487 mm	245
1957	40.9 °C6 May 1957	16.4 °C12 January 1957	27.1 °C	1,366 mm	249
1956	40.9 °C6 April 1956	17.4 °C23 January 1956	27.5 °C	1,524 mm	264
1955	40.1 °C26 April 1955	17.6 °C10 December 1955	26.9 °C	1,341 mm	234
1954	40.6 °C12 April 1954	16.7 °C8 December 1954	27.2 °C	1,138 mm	238
1953	40.3 °C24 April 1953	15.7 °C19 December 1953	26.8 °C	1,539 mm	247
1952	40.1 °C27 January 1952	17.3 °C1 December 1952	27.2 °C	1,464 mm	282
1951	40.0 °C6 March 1951	15.9 °C27 December 1951	27.1 °C	1,101 mm	287
1950	40.3 °C1 March 1950	17.1 °C10 August 1950	26.8 °C	1,143 mm	274
1949	40.4 °C28 April 1949	17.3 °C20 December 1949	28.2 °C	635 mm	317
1948	40.6 °C23 March 1948	17.7 °C26 December 1948	27.1 °C	1,240 mm	257
1947	39.6 °C30 March 1947	18.3 °C28 December 1947	27.1 °C	1,385 mm	226
1946	41.4 °C10 March 1946	16.1 °C14 January 1946	27.2 °C	1,226 mm	247
1945	40.3 °C8 April 1945	16.2 °C21 December 1945	27.0 °C	1,076 mm	267
1944	41.6 °C2 March 1944	16.8 °C5 December 1944	27.3 °C	1,216 mm	270
1943	40.2 °C23 February 1943	19.1 °C11 December 1943	28.4 °C	565 mm	305
1942	40.4 °C2 March 1942	19.4 °C1 November 1942	27.7 °C	936 mm	272
1941	41.8 °C29 March 1941	17.4 °C24 December 1941	28.2 °C	769 mm	314
1940	39.6 °C29 March 1940	18.7 °C22 November 1940	27.5 °C	938 mm	300

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.8 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

327 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

861 mm

-211 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.1 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	38.1 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Mar	40.5 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-12 mm
Apr	38.7 °C	+1.4 °C	4 mm	-36 mm
May	36.1 °C	+1.5 °C	14 mm	-69 mm
Jun	34.0 °C	+1.9 °C	30 mm	-98 mm
Jul	30.6 °C	+0.7 °C	367 mm	+135 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	+0.3 °C	270 mm	-3 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+0.8 °C	128 mm	-63 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+0.2 °C	48 mm	-51 mm
Nov	35.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-13 mm
Dec	36.4 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.8 °C

27 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.8 °C

31 Jan 2025

Wettest day

31.1 mm

29 Jul 2025

Windiest day

21.8 km/h

22 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

30 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

23 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

31 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Moïssala?

Moïssala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 1,072 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Moïssala?

The hottest day measured in Moïssala between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1973, reaching 43.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Moïssala?

The coldest day measured in Moïssala between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 12.9 °C.

Does it snow in Moïssala?

Almost never: Moïssala sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Moïssala warmed?

Yes: Moïssala warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Moïssala?

The wettest day measured in Moïssala between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1956, with 189 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Moïssala?

The windiest day measured in Moïssala between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 1973, with winds reaching 26.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Moïssala?

The warmest month in Moïssala is March (31.4 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Moïssala?

Moïssala receives on average 1,072 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 138 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Moïssala?

Moïssala gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Moïssala?

Yes: Moïssala has on average 316 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Moïssala?

In Moïssala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.2 °C on 2 April 2020, and the lowest was 9.4 °C on 12 January 2002.

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