Pala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pala?

Pala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 837 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Pala between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 2016, reaching 44.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pala?

The coldest day measured in Pala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2002, at 11.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pala?

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

Q: Has the climate of Pala warmed?

Yes: Pala warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pala?

The wettest day measured in Pala between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1976, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pala?

The windiest day measured in Pala between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 2011, with winds reaching 29.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pala?

The warmest month in Pala is April (32.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pala?

Pala receives on average 837 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pala?

Pala gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pala (Chad) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 837 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 (32.1 °C on average) and the coldest is August (24.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Pala averages 0 frost days, 288 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.

Pala has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.0 °C (on 1 March 2016) and the coldest 11.8 °C (on 13 January 2002).

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

PalaMayo-Kebbi Ouest Region

coords: 9.36°, 14.91°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.3°C

Average daily high

33.3°C

Average daily low

22.2°C

Annual rainfall

837mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

52%

Average peak wind

13.1km/h

Seasonal range

7.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

288 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

121 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.5 °C

Average feels-like low

22.6 °C

Average peak gust

29.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

295 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.18 · 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

44.0 °C

1 March 2016

Coldest day

11.8 °C

13 January 2002

Wettest day

144 mm

8 August 1976

Windiest day

29.3 km/h

10 June 2011

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

25 March 1982

Hottest feels-like

46.8 °C

28 April 2010

Coldest feels-like

7.4 °C

21 January 1989

Sunniest day

12.0 h

29 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	42.2 °C21 March 2025	14.9 °C12 January 2025	28.1 °C	802 mm	313
2024	43.6 °C29 March 2024	15.1 °C18 January 2024	28.2 °C	778 mm	313
2023	42.3 °C7 March 2023	16.2 °C15 January 2023	28.0 °C	877 mm	317
2022	42.6 °C2 April 2022	15.7 °C30 December 2022	27.5 °C	773 mm	308
2021	42.1 °C6 April 2021	17.1 °C18 December 2021	28.5 °C	654 mm	325
2020	42.7 °C16 April 2020	14.0 °C3 January 2020	28.0 °C	584 mm	313
2019	43.0 °C21 March 2019	16.0 °C28 December 2019	27.9 °C	1,016 mm	316
2018	42.4 °C18 March 2018	14.2 °C6 January 2018	28.1 °C	736 mm	320
2017	42.4 °C30 March 2017	16.2 °C11 January 2017	28.0 °C	771 mm	312
2016	44.0 °C1 March 2016	14.8 °C30 January 2016	28.0 °C	774 mm	317
2015	42.1 °C19 March 2015	12.4 °C12 January 2015	28.0 °C	668 mm	314
2014	42.0 °C23 March 2014	15.0 °C27 December 2014	27.7 °C	832 mm	312
2013	42.2 °C5 April 2013	14.6 °C16 December 2013	28.2 °C	660 mm	303
2012	42.4 °C1 April 2012	14.5 °C15 January 2012	27.4 °C	814 mm	290
2011	41.9 °C18 April 2011	13.7 °C16 January 2011	27.6 °C	643 mm	304
2010	43.8 °C19 April 2010	14.9 °C30 December 2010	28.1 °C	982 mm	299
2009	42.0 °C24 March 2009	16.3 °C25 December 2009	27.9 °C	702 mm	323
2008	43.2 °C22 April 2008	14.8 °C26 January 2008	27.2 °C	804 mm	294
2007	42.8 °C31 March 2007	14.5 °C15 January 2007	27.7 °C	721 mm	298
2006	42.4 °C3 March 2006	13.7 °C31 December 2006	28.0 °C	755 mm	304
2005	42.6 °C9 March 2005	14.7 °C8 January 2005	28.2 °C	809 mm	302
2004	42.8 °C30 March 2004	15.7 °C5 February 2004	27.5 °C	692 mm	301
2003	42.1 °C8 April 2003	13.8 °C4 January 2003	27.5 °C	827 mm	289
2002	41.6 °C7 April 2002	11.8 °C13 January 2002	27.3 °C	628 mm	297
2001	41.2 °C12 April 2001	13.1 °C6 January 2001	26.9 °C	750 mm	283
2000	41.1 °C31 March 2000	14.8 °C14 December 2000	26.8 °C	849 mm	280
1999	41.6 °C6 April 1999	13.4 °C10 January 1999	27.3 °C	1,031 mm	269
1998	43.1 °C11 April 1998	14.0 °C15 January 1998	27.8 °C	888 mm	297
1997	41.2 °C21 March 1997	15.8 °C14 December 1997	27.0 °C	849 mm	305
1996	41.5 °C8 April 1996	15.1 °C20 December 1996	27.3 °C	942 mm	299
1995	41.8 °C10 April 1995	15.1 °C25 January 1995	27.2 °C	979 mm	288
1994	41.2 °C31 March 1994	14.8 °C15 January 1994	27.1 °C	1,117 mm	275
1993	41.9 °C4 March 1993	13.3 °C7 January 1993	27.3 °C	794 mm	294
1992	41.5 °C3 April 1992	13.2 °C5 January 1992	26.6 °C	976 mm	272
1991	41.5 °C26 March 1991	15.2 °C17 December 1991	27.5 °C	791 mm	294
1990	41.7 °C7 April 1990	16.0 °C3 January 1990	27.6 °C	744 mm	314
1989	40.7 °C5 April 1989	12.0 °C21 January 1989	26.1 °C	886 mm	254
1988	42.2 °C2 April 1988	15.5 °C28 December 1988	27.1 °C	1,162 mm	266
1987	42.6 °C21 March 1987	15.8 °C7 January 1987	27.8 °C	854 mm	315
1986	42.2 °C15 April 1986	13.3 °C8 December 1986	27.3 °C	793 mm	279
1985	41.9 °C19 March 1985	15.9 °C29 December 1985	26.8 °C	1,020 mm	270
1984	40.6 °C2 April 1984	14.6 °C17 January 1984	27.0 °C	867 mm	298
1983	43.1 °C29 April 1983	13.1 °C7 January 1983	27.1 °C	612 mm	284
1982	42.3 °C17 March 1982	14.0 °C9 February 1982	26.7 °C	782 mm	284
1981	41.5 °C19 April 1981	15.4 °C12 January 1981	26.5 °C	1,022 mm	271
1980	41.7 °C7 April 1980	12.7 °C27 December 1980	26.9 °C	1,033 mm	286
1979	41.5 °C18 March 1979	15.3 °C4 January 1979	26.8 °C	959 mm	284
1978	41.2 °C21 March 1978	13.2 °C11 January 1978	26.6 °C	1,039 mm	280
1977	42.5 °C21 April 1977	13.1 °C26 December 1977	26.8 °C	873 mm	293
1976	39.9 °C27 March 1976	13.9 °C23 January 1976	26.7 °C	1,066 mm	281
1975	40.4 °C4 April 1975	13.4 °C17 January 1975	26.4 °C	1,056 mm	264
1974	40.2 °C21 March 1974	13.6 °C30 December 1974	26.5 °C	1,058 mm	262
1973	42.4 °C18 March 1973	15.0 °C26 December 1973	27.7 °C	829 mm	307
1972	42.1 °C21 March 1972	14.2 °C8 January 1972	27.1 °C	765 mm	304
1971	42.2 °C14 March 1971	12.5 °C28 December 1971	27.0 °C	824 mm	269
1970	40.9 °C7 April 1970	13.6 °C3 December 1970	26.8 °C	824 mm	284
1969	40.9 °C28 March 1969	15.3 °C10 January 1969	26.9 °C	1,038 mm	278
1968	41.4 °C7 April 1968	12.6 °C19 January 1968	26.7 °C	732 mm	277
1967	42.4 °C4 April 1967	13.3 °C3 January 1967	26.7 °C	903 mm	268
1966	42.9 °C26 March 1966	14.6 °C5 January 1966	28.4 °C	493 mm	321
1965	42.3 °C18 April 1965	15.3 °C4 February 1965	28.2 °C	484 mm	321
1964	42.5 °C11 April 1964	15.4 °C13 January 1964	28.1 °C	489 mm	299
1963	41.8 °C25 March 1963	15.2 °C10 December 1963	27.6 °C	660 mm	307
1962	40.3 °C17 April 1962	14.9 °C7 January 1962	27.1 °C	777 mm	272
1961	40.8 °C29 March 1961	15.8 °C25 December 1961	27.0 °C	760 mm	277
1960	42.3 °C29 March 1960	16.6 °C23 January 1960	27.4 °C	818 mm	283
1959	41.5 °C11 April 1959	15.1 °C29 December 1959	27.6 °C	596 mm	301
1958	40.9 °C28 March 1958	16.3 °C8 January 1958	27.3 °C	809 mm	262
1957	40.1 °C21 March 1957	13.0 °C12 January 1957	26.4 °C	1,111 mm	235
1956	41.3 °C10 May 1956	15.6 °C20 December 1956	27.1 °C	1,024 mm	254
1955	41.3 °C25 April 1955	15.3 °C31 December 1955	26.6 °C	994 mm	236
1954	39.7 °C13 April 1954	15.8 °C15 January 1954	26.9 °C	897 mm	249
1953	41.1 °C27 April 1953	15.3 °C14 December 1953	26.6 °C	1,060 mm	244
1952	40.3 °C28 March 1952	16.2 °C6 January 1952	26.8 °C	1,019 mm	275
1951	41.1 °C25 April 1951	15.5 °C30 December 1951	26.8 °C	1,102 mm	275
1950	39.9 °C3 March 1950	17.0 °C25 October 1950	26.8 °C	862 mm	265
1949	41.3 °C19 April 1949	15.8 °C8 February 1949	28.3 °C	440 mm	315
1948	40.4 °C26 March 1948	14.8 °C22 December 1948	26.5 °C	940 mm	253
1947	40.7 °C30 March 1947	16.3 °C20 January 1947	26.6 °C	1,196 mm	221
1946	41.8 °C10 March 1946	15.5 °C14 January 1946	26.6 °C	1,033 mm	251
1945	40.6 °C25 April 1945	14.6 °C3 February 1945	26.6 °C	835 mm	263
1944	41.4 °C14 March 1944	16.0 °C5 December 1944	27.0 °C	1,054 mm	260
1943	40.5 °C11 March 1943	18.4 °C31 January 1943	28.5 °C	388 mm	307
1942	40.6 °C27 March 1942	18.2 °C5 January 1942	27.6 °C	734 mm	282
1941	41.8 °C27 March 1941	16.2 °C27 December 1941	28.0 °C	657 mm	314
1940	40.8 °C9 April 1940	18.1 °C10 January 1940	27.4 °C	731 mm	304

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.6 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

313 d/yr

+25

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

802 mm

-35 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.1 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	36.4 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	40.5 °C	+2.1 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Apr	39.6 °C	+1.2 °C	2 mm	-19 mm
May	37.7 °C	+2.4 °C	8 mm	-65 mm
Jun	33.8 °C	+1.8 °C	41 mm	-66 mm
Jul	29.7 °C	+0.3 °C	305 mm	+127 mm
Aug	29.0 °C	+0.4 °C	209 mm	-12 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+0.8 °C	208 mm	+38 mm
Oct	32.5 °C	+0.5 °C	30 mm	-31 mm
Nov	35.8 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Dec	35.7 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

42.2 °C

21 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.9 °C

12 Jan 2025

Wettest day

42.9 mm

3 Sep 2025

Windiest day

23.7 km/h

22 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

50.4 km/h

22 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.4 °C

23 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.4 °C

11 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

29 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pala?

Pala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.3 °C and it receives 837 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pala?

The hottest day measured in Pala between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 2016, reaching 44.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pala?

The coldest day measured in Pala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2002, at 11.8 °C.

Does it snow in Pala?

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

Has the climate of Pala warmed?

Yes: Pala warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pala?

The wettest day measured in Pala between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1976, with 144 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pala?

The windiest day measured in Pala between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 2011, with winds reaching 29.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pala?

The warmest month in Pala is April (32.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (24.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Pala?

Pala receives on average 837 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pala?

Pala gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pala?

Yes: Pala has on average 295 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pala?

In Pala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.8 °C on 28 April 2010, and the lowest was 7.4 °C on 21 January 1989.

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