N'Djamena climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of N'Djamena?

N'Djamena has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.5 °C and it receives 483 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in N'Djamena?

The hottest day measured in N'Djamena between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2024, reaching 46.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in N'Djamena?

The coldest day measured in N'Djamena between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1978, at 8.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in N'Djamena?

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

Q: Has the climate of N'Djamena warmed?

Yes: N'Djamena warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in N'Djamena?

The wettest day measured in N'Djamena between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1954, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in N'Djamena?

The windiest day measured in N'Djamena between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1971, with winds reaching 33.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in N'Djamena?

The warmest month in N'Djamena is April (33.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in N'Djamena?

N'Djamena receives on average 483 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in N'Djamena?

N'Djamena gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

N'Djamena (Chad) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.5 °C and it receives 483 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 April (33.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

N'Djamena averages 0 frost days, 330 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 71 rainy days per year.

N'Djamena has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.2 °C (on 24 April 2024) and the coldest 8.8 °C (on 12 January 1978).

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

N'DjamenaN’Djaména Region

coords: 12.11°, 15.04°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.5°C

Average daily high

35.4°C

Average daily low

22.5°C

Annual rainfall

483mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

40%

Average peak wind

14.9km/h

Seasonal range

9.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

330 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

71 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.3 °C

Average feels-like low

22.0 °C

Average peak gust

32.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

271 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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

46.2 °C

24 April 2024

Coldest day

8.8 °C

12 January 1978

Wettest day

136 mm

18 July 1954

Windiest day

33.2 km/h

2 June 1971

Strongest gust

68.0 km/h

4 June 2012

Hottest feels-like

48.0 °C

2 May 2024

Coldest feels-like

4.8 °C

12 January 1978

Sunniest day

12.0 h

15 July 1949

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	45.1 °C23 April 2025	13.8 °C15 February 2025	29.6 °C	334 mm	351
2024	46.2 °C24 April 2024	12.9 °C26 December 2024	29.2 °C	614 mm	336
2023	44.1 °C26 April 2023	14.6 °C14 January 2023	29.4 °C	370 mm	353
2022	46.1 °C7 April 2022	13.2 °C30 December 2022	28.7 °C	449 mm	323
2021	44.7 °C4 May 2021	14.2 °C19 February 2021	29.6 °C	335 mm	346
2020	44.9 °C3 April 2020	13.6 °C2 January 2020	29.1 °C	394 mm	338
2019	44.4 °C7 April 2019	14.3 °C17 January 2019	28.9 °C	554 mm	345
2018	43.3 °C21 March 2018	12.1 °C4 January 2018	29.2 °C	518 mm	342
2017	43.9 °C9 April 2017	14.6 °C11 January 2017	29.3 °C	466 mm	351
2016	44.8 °C12 April 2016	12.3 °C31 January 2016	29.6 °C	402 mm	343
2015	44.2 °C1 May 2015	9.7 °C13 January 2015	29.4 °C	298 mm	321
2014	43.4 °C24 March 2014	12.8 °C15 January 2014	29.3 °C	391 mm	353
2013	44.0 °C5 April 2013	11.6 °C19 December 2013	29.6 °C	436 mm	338
2012	45.2 °C10 April 2012	11.9 °C27 December 2012	28.9 °C	480 mm	341
2011	44.8 °C6 May 2011	11.4 °C13 January 2011	29.2 °C	437 mm	337
2010	46.1 °C19 April 2010	13.4 °C21 December 2010	29.7 °C	498 mm	340
2009	43.6 °C21 April 2009	13.4 °C25 December 2009	29.7 °C	323 mm	361
2008	43.2 °C18 April 2008	10.5 °C26 January 2008	28.6 °C	475 mm	334
2007	44.8 °C23 April 2007	11.8 °C15 January 2007	29.0 °C	368 mm	322
2006	43.6 °C23 April 2006	11.8 °C26 December 2006	29.2 °C	254 mm	350
2005	44.7 °C8 March 2005	12.3 °C13 January 2005	29.2 °C	518 mm	333
2004	44.0 °C3 April 2004	13.7 °C15 January 2004	28.8 °C	373 mm	344
2003	43.8 °C8 April 2003	11.8 °C1 January 2003	28.4 °C	469 mm	336
2002	44.3 °C11 May 2002	9.9 °C12 January 2002	28.6 °C	351 mm	330
2001	43.4 °C14 April 2001	12.7 °C4 January 2001	28.6 °C	358 mm	337
2000	43.8 °C8 April 2000	13.1 °C31 December 2000	28.4 °C	395 mm	334
1999	44.2 °C16 April 1999	11.4 °C10 January 1999	28.6 °C	690 mm	323
1998	45.6 °C21 April 1998	12.4 °C15 January 1998	29.4 °C	555 mm	337
1997	42.6 °C27 March 1997	14.6 °C2 February 1997	28.9 °C	347 mm	353
1996	43.5 °C12 May 1996	13.7 °C21 December 1996	29.0 °C	520 mm	354
1995	45.0 °C19 April 1995	12.7 °C25 January 1995	28.8 °C	445 mm	337
1994	44.4 °C25 April 1994	12.9 °C15 January 1994	28.6 °C	617 mm	318
1993	43.4 °C1 May 1993	10.7 °C7 January 1993	29.0 °C	301 mm	335
1992	43.1 °C28 March 1992	10.3 °C5 January 1992	28.1 °C	435 mm	319
1991	43.4 °C30 March 1991	12.5 °C24 December 1991	28.6 °C	450 mm	333
1990	44.5 °C23 April 1990	15.0 °C2 January 1990	29.7 °C	297 mm	356
1989	43.9 °C27 April 1989	11.4 °C21 January 1989	27.8 °C	445 mm	315
1988	45.3 °C29 April 1988	13.8 °C11 January 1988	28.3 °C	799 mm	312
1987	44.3 °C21 March 1987	14.5 °C18 December 1987	29.3 °C	370 mm	356
1986	44.4 °C15 April 1986	13.1 °C7 December 1986	29.1 °C	448 mm	332
1985	44.1 °C12 March 1985	14.1 °C29 December 1985	28.5 °C	621 mm	326
1984	43.6 °C22 March 1984	13.3 °C5 January 1984	29.4 °C	321 mm	343
1983	44.5 °C28 April 1983	11.6 °C7 January 1983	28.8 °C	319 mm	324
1982	43.5 °C20 April 1982	10.3 °C9 February 1982	28.9 °C	388 mm	341
1981	44.0 °C18 April 1981	12.4 °C22 January 1981	28.5 °C	527 mm	327
1980	44.7 °C26 April 1980	11.6 °C27 December 1980	28.6 °C	521 mm	340
1979	43.7 °C17 April 1979	13.8 °C3 January 1979	28.3 °C	607 mm	330
1978	44.1 °C10 April 1978	8.8 °C12 January 1978	28.1 °C	583 mm	335
1977	44.6 °C22 April 1977	10.8 °C27 December 1977	28.0 °C	495 mm	332
1976	42.8 °C13 April 1976	12.1 °C2 January 1976	28.2 °C	463 mm	348
1975	42.4 °C14 April 1975	11.0 °C17 January 1975	27.6 °C	626 mm	302
1974	42.7 °C16 April 1974	12.3 °C30 December 1974	27.6 °C	681 mm	301
1973	44.6 °C21 April 1973	14.4 °C27 December 1973	29.2 °C	454 mm	346
1972	43.2 °C1 April 1972	13.8 °C8 January 1972	28.6 °C	405 mm	356
1971	43.2 °C7 May 1971	11.2 °C25 December 1971	28.4 °C	425 mm	327
1970	43.9 °C6 April 1970	12.3 °C3 December 1970	28.4 °C	501 mm	333
1969	44.0 °C3 May 1969	12.1 °C10 January 1969	28.7 °C	570 mm	341
1968	42.9 °C16 April 1968	9.5 °C18 January 1968	28.1 °C	361 mm	339
1967	43.5 °C19 April 1967	11.1 °C4 January 1967	27.7 °C	562 mm	315
1966	43.6 °C3 May 1966	11.0 °C5 January 1966	28.7 °C	250 mm	339
1965	42.9 °C27 May 1965	11.4 °C4 February 1965	28.3 °C	232 mm	342
1964	43.9 °C11 April 1964	12.3 °C11 January 1964	28.1 °C	357 mm	323
1963	42.4 °C7 April 1963	12.1 °C9 December 1963	28.2 °C	416 mm	346
1962	42.5 °C25 March 1962	11.0 °C14 January 1962	27.9 °C	416 mm	306
1961	42.5 °C18 May 1961	10.8 °C28 December 1961	27.2 °C	492 mm	301
1960	43.7 °C21 April 1960	12.6 °C23 January 1960	28.3 °C	319 mm	343
1959	42.6 °C15 April 1959	10.4 °C25 January 1959	27.7 °C	317 mm	328
1958	42.1 °C18 May 1958	13.2 °C7 January 1958	27.5 °C	691 mm	313
1957	42.5 °C5 May 1957	10.1 °C10 January 1957	26.8 °C	653 mm	310
1956	43.0 °C2 May 1956	12.1 °C5 January 1956	27.7 °C	949 mm	283
1955	42.9 °C27 April 1955	12.8 °C27 December 1955	27.5 °C	480 mm	312
1954	42.2 °C11 April 1954	12.5 °C22 January 1954	27.5 °C	885 mm	297
1953	43.0 °C27 April 1953	12.7 °C31 January 1953	27.2 °C	919 mm	283
1952	41.9 °C19 April 1952	12.9 °C7 January 1952	27.7 °C	735 mm	300
1951	42.3 °C4 May 1951	11.5 °C30 December 1951	27.7 °C	506 mm	335
1950	42.4 °C20 April 1950	14.1 °C14 February 1950	27.5 °C	973 mm	302
1949	43.5 °C16 May 1949	12.2 °C11 February 1949	28.9 °C	205 mm	344
1948	42.5 °C4 May 1948	12.6 °C4 February 1948	27.3 °C	584 mm	299
1947	43.4 °C17 April 1947	13.0 °C20 January 1947	26.9 °C	977 mm	282
1946	43.4 °C8 May 1946	11.9 °C14 January 1946	27.3 °C	656 mm	294
1945	43.1 °C30 April 1945	11.0 °C8 February 1945	27.0 °C	596 mm	304
1944	42.9 °C15 April 1944	12.7 °C6 February 1944	27.4 °C	704 mm	286
1943	41.7 °C13 March 1943	14.4 °C4 February 1943	28.3 °C	397 mm	316
1942	42.7 °C29 April 1942	13.9 °C22 February 1942	28.5 °C	476 mm	330
1941	43.7 °C12 April 1941	12.2 °C25 January 1941	29.6 °C	166 mm	356
1940	42.9 °C16 May 1940	13.9 °C8 January 1940	29.1 °C	196 mm	362

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

36.8 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

351 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

334 mm

-150 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.0 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	36.5 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	41.0 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Apr	42.2 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
May	41.7 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-18 mm
Jun	38.7 °C	+1.3 °C	5 mm	-32 mm
Jul	33.1 °C	0.0 °C	119 mm	-10 mm
Aug	30.8 °C	+0.1 °C	119 mm	-81 mm
Sep	33.2 °C	+0.6 °C	88 mm	+6 mm
Oct	37.1 °C	+1.1 °C	3 mm	-11 mm
Nov	37.7 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Dec	36.3 °C	+3.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

45.1 °C

23 Apr 2025

Coldest day

13.8 °C

15 Feb 2025

Wettest day

19.3 mm

3 Sep 2025

Windiest day

29.1 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

52.9 km/h

21 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

46.2 °C

13 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.4 °C

15 Feb 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

27 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of N'Djamena?

N'Djamena has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.5 °C and it receives 483 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in N'Djamena?

The hottest day measured in N'Djamena between 1940 and 2025 was 24 April 2024, reaching 46.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in N'Djamena?

The coldest day measured in N'Djamena between 1940 and 2025 was 12 January 1978, at 8.8 °C.

Does it snow in N'Djamena?

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

Has the climate of N'Djamena warmed?

Yes: N'Djamena warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in N'Djamena?

The wettest day measured in N'Djamena between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1954, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in N'Djamena?

The windiest day measured in N'Djamena between 1940 and 2025 was 2 June 1971, with winds reaching 33.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in N'Djamena?

The warmest month in N'Djamena is April (33.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.8 °C).

How much does it rain in N'Djamena?

N'Djamena receives on average 483 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 71 rainy days.

Is it sunny in N'Djamena?

N'Djamena gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in N'Djamena?

Yes: N'Djamena has on average 271 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in N'Djamena?

In N'Djamena, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.0 °C on 2 May 2024, and the lowest was 4.8 °C on 12 January 1978.

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