Dogondoutchi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dogondoutchi?

Dogondoutchi has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.5 °C and it receives 301 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dogondoutchi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2024, reaching 44.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dogondoutchi?

The coldest day measured in Dogondoutchi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1956, at 7.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dogondoutchi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dogondoutchi warmed?

Yes: Dogondoutchi warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dogondoutchi?

The wettest day measured in Dogondoutchi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2012, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dogondoutchi?

The windiest day measured in Dogondoutchi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1979, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dogondoutchi?

The warmest month in Dogondoutchi is May (33.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dogondoutchi?

Dogondoutchi receives on average 301 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 47 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dogondoutchi?

Dogondoutchi gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dogondoutchi (Niger) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.5 °C and it receives 301 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 May (33.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Dogondoutchi averages 0 frost days, 329 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 47 rainy days per year.

Dogondoutchi has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.8 °C (on 31 March 2024) and the coldest 7.6 °C (on 25 January 1956).

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

DogondoutchiDosso Region

coords: 13.64°, 4.03°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.5°C

Average daily high

35.2°C

Average daily low

22.3°C

Annual rainfall

301mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

38%

Average peak wind

18.4km/h

Seasonal range

10.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

329 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

47 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

35.5 °C

Average feels-like low

21.4 °C

Average peak gust

34.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

255 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

44.8 °C

31 March 2024

Coldest day

7.6 °C

25 January 1956

Wettest day

138 mm

7 August 2012

Windiest day

39.5 km/h

27 May 1979

Strongest gust

64.8 km/h

27 May 1946

Hottest feels-like

47.5 °C

27 May 1998

Coldest feels-like

2.8 °C

25 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.5 h

2 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	43.9 °C12 May 2025	15.1 °C15 January 2025	29.6 °C	341 mm	339
2024	44.8 °C31 March 2024	14.8 °C19 December 2024	29.3 °C	398 mm	338
2023	43.2 °C27 May 2023	14.1 °C14 January 2023	30.3 °C	125 mm	348
2022	43.8 °C7 April 2022	13.6 °C2 February 2022	29.3 °C	238 mm	332
2021	43.4 °C12 May 2021	15.0 °C1 January 2021	30.2 °C	114 mm	357
2020	44.1 °C6 April 2020	12.6 °C3 January 2020	29.6 °C	299 mm	345
2019	44.1 °C26 April 2019	14.0 °C30 December 2019	29.6 °C	281 mm	351
2018	43.5 °C25 April 2018	13.5 °C8 January 2018	29.6 °C	259 mm	345
2017	43.3 °C10 April 2017	11.7 °C11 January 2017	29.5 °C	276 mm	345
2016	43.1 °C14 April 2016	13.9 °C15 February 2016	29.7 °C	366 mm	341
2015	43.1 °C26 May 2015	12.4 °C5 January 2015	29.1 °C	377 mm	317
2014	42.5 °C23 April 2014	12.6 °C27 December 2014	29.5 °C	341 mm	344
2013	43.5 °C12 April 2013	12.8 °C1 January 2013	29.9 °C	296 mm	339
2012	43.7 °C6 April 2012	9.3 °C17 January 2012	29.5 °C	415 mm	344
2011	43.3 °C7 June 2011	12.0 °C19 December 2011	29.8 °C	140 mm	342
2010	44.5 °C19 April 2010	14.1 °C31 December 2010	29.8 °C	309 mm	349
2009	43.2 °C16 April 2009	12.1 °C25 January 2009	29.9 °C	186 mm	353
2008	43.3 °C27 May 2008	10.9 °C25 January 2008	28.6 °C	198 mm	319
2007	42.7 °C29 March 2007	13.2 °C14 January 2007	29.1 °C	266 mm	322
2006	42.5 °C3 May 2006	12.3 °C26 December 2006	29.3 °C	175 mm	347
2005	43.2 °C14 April 2005	14.3 °C9 January 2005	29.5 °C	215 mm	337
2004	42.8 °C8 May 2004	13.3 °C29 January 2004	29.4 °C	140 mm	345
2003	43.2 °C13 April 2003	12.7 °C10 January 2003	29.2 °C	243 mm	342
2002	43.1 °C23 April 2002	13.1 °C27 December 2002	29.3 °C	224 mm	330
2001	43.3 °C3 May 2001	12.1 °C14 January 2001	29.0 °C	250 mm	341
2000	43.0 °C10 April 2000	13.0 °C9 February 2000	28.9 °C	181 mm	325
1999	42.3 °C20 April 1999	13.2 °C17 December 1999	28.8 °C	365 mm	334
1998	43.6 °C12 April 1998	13.8 °C16 January 1998	29.2 °C	363 mm	328
1997	41.8 °C25 April 1997	14.2 °C28 January 1997	29.3 °C	197 mm	343
1996	42.4 °C5 May 1996	12.4 °C28 December 1996	29.3 °C	133 mm	363
1995	43.0 °C19 April 1995	11.6 °C6 January 1995	29.0 °C	189 mm	329
1994	43.7 °C26 April 1994	12.5 °C16 January 1994	28.6 °C	279 mm	319
1993	42.9 °C18 May 1993	12.0 °C7 January 1993	29.1 °C	157 mm	324
1992	42.2 °C4 April 1992	12.5 °C25 December 1992	28.2 °C	264 mm	315
1991	44.1 °C23 April 1991	12.7 °C24 December 1991	28.9 °C	242 mm	328
1990	43.2 °C22 April 1990	13.9 °C9 February 1990	29.3 °C	168 mm	344
1989	42.3 °C27 April 1989	10.5 °C3 January 1989	28.3 °C	204 mm	317
1988	42.6 °C12 April 1988	11.9 °C4 January 1988	28.6 °C	343 mm	326
1987	42.7 °C3 May 1987	13.6 °C9 January 1987	29.5 °C	148 mm	352
1986	42.9 °C17 April 1986	12.1 °C1 January 1986	28.8 °C	208 mm	326
1985	42.1 °C27 May 1985	12.4 °C31 December 1985	28.6 °C	206 mm	320
1984	43.4 °C13 May 1984	12.0 °C22 December 1984	29.0 °C	156 mm	323
1983	42.9 °C29 April 1983	11.2 °C7 January 1983	28.7 °C	145 mm	321
1982	42.2 °C24 April 1982	11.8 °C11 January 1982	28.7 °C	190 mm	318
1981	43.0 °C4 May 1981	12.3 °C8 January 1981	28.4 °C	264 mm	330
1980	43.5 °C26 April 1980	10.4 °C26 December 1980	29.0 °C	287 mm	339
1979	41.9 °C4 May 1979	12.6 °C20 December 1979	28.4 °C	281 mm	331
1978	42.1 °C30 March 1978	13.6 °C13 January 1978	28.3 °C	338 mm	341
1977	42.5 °C13 April 1977	11.0 °C27 December 1977	27.8 °C	294 mm	328
1976	42.1 °C10 May 1976	11.9 °C21 January 1976	28.0 °C	304 mm	331
1975	41.4 °C1 May 1975	11.0 °C22 January 1975	27.8 °C	392 mm	304
1974	41.4 °C24 April 1974	13.3 °C6 December 1974	28.2 °C	206 mm	303
1973	43.2 °C21 April 1973	11.8 °C21 January 1973	29.3 °C	185 mm	348
1972	42.4 °C19 May 1972	11.1 °C12 January 1972	29.0 °C	261 mm	358
1971	43.4 °C26 May 1971	10.3 °C14 January 1971	28.4 °C	369 mm	325
1970	43.0 °C18 May 1970	13.3 °C4 December 1970	28.6 °C	195 mm	347
1969	44.2 °C6 April 1969	13.6 °C10 January 1969	28.8 °C	393 mm	341
1968	41.7 °C16 April 1968	10.3 °C22 January 1968	28.4 °C	336 mm	353
1967	42.6 °C14 May 1967	10.9 °C13 January 1967	28.2 °C	452 mm	317
1966	43.1 °C15 May 1966	9.7 °C12 February 1966	28.5 °C	248 mm	346
1965	41.9 °C14 May 1965	10.1 °C29 December 1965	27.9 °C	310 mm	341
1964	42.6 °C8 April 1964	12.9 °C10 January 1964	28.1 °C	331 mm	327
1963	41.6 °C3 April 1963	11.7 °C11 December 1963	28.8 °C	205 mm	360
1962	42.4 °C7 June 1962	11.0 °C8 February 1962	28.4 °C	352 mm	329
1961	42.7 °C25 May 1961	10.4 °C17 December 1961	27.5 °C	317 mm	320
1960	42.8 °C31 March 1960	11.2 °C28 December 1960	28.4 °C	226 mm	331
1959	41.9 °C5 June 1959	11.8 °C30 December 1959	27.5 °C	343 mm	309
1958	42.5 °C10 April 1958	10.8 °C24 December 1958	28.2 °C	427 mm	315
1957	41.3 °C3 May 1957	8.7 °C11 January 1957	26.8 °C	501 mm	304
1956	41.6 °C30 April 1956	7.6 °C25 January 1956	27.0 °C	647 mm	271
1955	40.8 °C19 April 1955	9.2 °C26 December 1955	27.2 °C	255 mm	336
1954	41.6 °C18 May 1954	9.7 °C1 January 1954	27.3 °C	724 mm	307
1953	42.3 °C27 April 1953	10.9 °C31 December 1953	27.2 °C	457 mm	300
1952	42.1 °C24 May 1952	9.6 °C8 January 1952	27.0 °C	443 mm	300
1951	42.1 °C15 March 1951	8.5 °C30 December 1951	27.5 °C	458 mm	338
1950	41.5 °C2 June 1950	11.2 °C22 December 1950	26.8 °C	522 mm	303
1949	41.9 °C19 April 1949	12.1 °C19 January 1949	28.3 °C	204 mm	335
1948	41.5 °C26 May 1948	10.2 °C14 January 1948	26.5 °C	470 mm	283
1947	41.1 °C1 April 1947	9.9 °C22 January 1947	26.3 °C	801 mm	264
1946	42.0 °C3 May 1946	9.5 °C12 December 1946	27.1 °C	287 mm	310
1945	41.7 °C29 April 1945	10.3 °C5 January 1945	26.1 °C	402 mm	283
1944	42.4 °C9 June 1944	12.0 °C2 February 1944	26.7 °C	723 mm	275
1943	41.4 °C12 May 1943	9.3 °C23 December 1943	26.6 °C	512 mm	287
1942	42.1 °C30 April 1942	10.2 °C20 January 1942	27.4 °C	330 mm	316
1941	42.4 °C2 June 1941	9.1 °C1 January 1941	29.0 °C	111 mm	352
1940	41.8 °C9 April 1940	11.8 °C28 January 1940	28.6 °C	114 mm	361

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

36.1 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

339 d/yr

+10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

341 mm

+40 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.9 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	35.3 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	41.0 °C	+3.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	41.5 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
May	40.6 °C	+1.1 °C	4 mm	-8 mm
Jun	37.6 °C	+0.4 °C	7 mm	-16 mm
Jul	32.7 °C	-0.9 °C	93 mm	+17 mm
Aug	30.6 °C	-1.0 °C	182 mm	+49 mm
Sep	33.2 °C	-0.6 °C	53 mm	+8 mm
Oct	36.8 °C	+0.2 °C	1 mm	-6 mm
Nov	36.7 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Dec	34.8 °C	+2.9 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

43.9 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest day

15.1 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

122.1 mm

1 Aug 2025

Windiest day

28.0 km/h

3 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

48.6 km/h

25 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.3 °C

23 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.2 °C

10 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

6 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dogondoutchi?

Dogondoutchi has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.5 °C and it receives 301 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dogondoutchi?

The hottest day measured in Dogondoutchi between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 2024, reaching 44.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dogondoutchi?

The coldest day measured in Dogondoutchi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1956, at 7.6 °C.

Does it snow in Dogondoutchi?

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

Has the climate of Dogondoutchi warmed?

Yes: Dogondoutchi warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dogondoutchi?

The wettest day measured in Dogondoutchi between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 2012, with 138 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dogondoutchi?

The windiest day measured in Dogondoutchi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1979, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dogondoutchi?

The warmest month in Dogondoutchi is May (33.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Dogondoutchi?

Dogondoutchi receives on average 301 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 47 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dogondoutchi?

Dogondoutchi gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dogondoutchi?

Yes: Dogondoutchi has on average 255 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dogondoutchi?

In Dogondoutchi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 27 May 1998, and the lowest was 2.8 °C on 25 January 1956.

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