Dosso climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dosso?

Dosso has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.6 °C and it receives 408 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dosso between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2010, reaching 44.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dosso?

The coldest day measured in Dosso between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1956, at 8.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dosso?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dosso warmed?

Yes: Dosso warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dosso?

The wettest day measured in Dosso between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2014, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dosso?

The windiest day measured in Dosso between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1946, with winds reaching 35.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dosso?

The warmest month in Dosso is May (33.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dosso?

Dosso receives on average 408 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dosso?

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

Dosso (Niger) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.6 °C and it receives 408 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 (33.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Dosso averages 0 frost days, 331 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 62 rainy days per year.

Dosso has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.5 °C (on 19 April 2010) and the coldest 8.7 °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

DossoDosso Region

coords: 13.05°, 3.19°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.6°C

Average daily high

35.0°C

Average daily low

22.6°C

Annual rainfall

408mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

42%

Average peak wind

15.8km/h

Seasonal range

9.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

331 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

62 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.3 °C

Average feels-like low

22.3 °C

Average peak gust

32.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

269 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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

44.5 °C

19 April 2010

Coldest day

8.7 °C

25 January 1956

Wettest day

170 mm

2 August 2014

Windiest day

35.3 km/h

27 May 1946

Strongest gust

64.1 km/h

17 May 2008

Hottest feels-like

47.8 °C

10 May 2016

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

25 January 1956

Sunniest day

12.3 h

2 June 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	44.2 °C12 May 2025	16.1 °C13 January 2025	29.6 °C	399 mm	342
2024	44.1 °C31 March 2024	15.7 °C9 February 2024	29.3 °C	440 mm	339
2023	42.8 °C14 May 2023	15.4 °C14 January 2023	29.9 °C	246 mm	345
2022	43.2 °C7 April 2022	14.8 °C23 January 2022	29.1 °C	385 mm	332
2021	43.3 °C8 April 2021	16.0 °C1 January 2021	29.8 °C	224 mm	353
2020	43.6 °C6 April 2020	13.6 °C3 January 2020	29.4 °C	370 mm	344
2019	43.0 °C6 May 2019	15.7 °C26 January 2019	29.5 °C	420 mm	351
2018	42.6 °C8 May 2018	15.2 °C6 January 2018	29.2 °C	310 mm	341
2017	43.0 °C10 April 2017	13.2 °C11 January 2017	29.3 °C	365 mm	341
2016	43.4 °C4 April 2016	14.3 °C2 February 2016	29.8 °C	448 mm	336
2015	42.7 °C1 May 2015	13.3 °C13 January 2015	29.5 °C	397 mm	318
2014	42.5 °C3 May 2014	13.9 °C15 January 2014	29.4 °C	493 mm	345
2013	42.9 °C12 April 2013	14.1 °C1 January 2013	29.7 °C	355 mm	336
2012	43.0 °C6 April 2012	11.7 °C17 January 2012	29.5 °C	437 mm	340
2011	42.9 °C17 May 2011	14.4 °C19 December 2011	29.9 °C	203 mm	350
2010	44.5 °C19 April 2010	14.7 °C12 December 2010	29.7 °C	356 mm	347
2009	42.5 °C2 May 2009	14.2 °C23 January 2009	29.7 °C	307 mm	351
2008	43.0 °C21 April 2008	11.6 °C25 January 2008	28.7 °C	284 mm	325
2007	41.8 °C22 March 2007	14.2 °C14 January 2007	28.8 °C	369 mm	314
2006	42.5 °C4 May 2006	12.5 °C26 December 2006	29.2 °C	316 mm	336
2005	42.9 °C12 May 2005	15.6 °C9 January 2005	29.5 °C	309 mm	341
2004	42.6 °C12 April 2004	13.7 °C29 January 2004	29.3 °C	282 mm	342
2003	42.7 °C13 April 2003	14.1 °C7 January 2003	29.1 °C	404 mm	337
2002	42.5 °C23 April 2002	14.1 °C28 December 2002	29.1 °C	359 mm	326
2001	42.4 °C28 April 2001	15.3 °C14 January 2001	28.9 °C	341 mm	338
2000	42.8 °C17 April 2000	14.1 °C9 February 2000	28.9 °C	226 mm	331
1999	42.9 °C20 April 1999	14.0 °C17 December 1999	28.9 °C	419 mm	340
1998	43.2 °C17 April 1998	14.9 °C20 December 1998	29.2 °C	468 mm	336
1997	41.8 °C25 April 1997	14.2 °C15 December 1997	29.2 °C	233 mm	350
1996	42.7 °C5 May 1996	13.2 °C28 December 1996	29.2 °C	269 mm	356
1995	42.9 °C19 April 1995	12.9 °C4 January 1995	29.1 °C	296 mm	332
1994	43.0 °C26 April 1994	13.8 °C16 January 1994	28.7 °C	393 mm	319
1993	42.9 °C22 April 1993	12.6 °C27 January 1993	29.2 °C	241 mm	332
1992	42.2 °C4 April 1992	13.8 °C25 December 1992	28.5 °C	332 mm	324
1991	43.5 °C23 April 1991	14.3 °C24 December 1991	28.8 °C	404 mm	331
1990	43.5 °C24 April 1990	14.6 °C9 February 1990	29.3 °C	231 mm	351
1989	42.4 °C29 April 1989	11.4 °C3 January 1989	28.2 °C	355 mm	318
1988	42.9 °C30 April 1988	13.1 °C4 January 1988	28.8 °C	442 mm	317
1987	42.8 °C10 May 1987	15.1 °C9 January 1987	29.5 °C	263 mm	355
1986	42.7 °C6 May 1986	12.5 °C10 January 1986	28.8 °C	363 mm	335
1985	42.1 °C27 May 1985	13.4 °C17 December 1985	28.8 °C	346 mm	322
1984	43.0 °C19 March 1984	13.0 °C22 December 1984	29.1 °C	248 mm	337
1983	43.1 °C7 May 1983	13.1 °C7 January 1983	28.8 °C	222 mm	328
1982	42.5 °C24 April 1982	11.4 °C11 January 1982	28.7 °C	304 mm	330
1981	43.3 °C26 April 1981	13.3 °C23 December 1981	28.4 °C	385 mm	332
1980	44.0 °C26 April 1980	11.9 °C27 December 1980	29.0 °C	400 mm	341
1979	41.2 °C6 May 1979	13.3 °C20 December 1979	28.3 °C	393 mm	333
1978	41.9 °C5 May 1978	14.6 °C12 January 1978	28.2 °C	439 mm	341
1977	42.7 °C12 April 1977	11.9 °C27 December 1977	27.7 °C	545 mm	325
1976	41.5 °C2 May 1976	13.4 °C21 January 1976	27.8 °C	483 mm	331
1975	41.5 °C27 March 1975	11.5 °C21 January 1975	27.8 °C	458 mm	309
1974	40.7 °C25 April 1974	13.9 °C6 December 1974	28.1 °C	363 mm	304
1973	43.7 °C21 April 1973	13.0 °C21 January 1973	29.5 °C	280 mm	352
1972	43.2 °C21 May 1972	12.8 °C12 January 1972	28.9 °C	388 mm	361
1971	43.2 °C11 May 1971	10.4 °C14 January 1971	28.3 °C	462 mm	323
1970	43.6 °C4 May 1970	13.9 °C4 December 1970	28.7 °C	373 mm	346
1969	44.1 °C6 April 1969	12.8 °C2 December 1969	28.7 °C	551 mm	341
1968	42.2 °C17 April 1968	12.1 °C22 January 1968	28.1 °C	544 mm	348
1967	42.4 °C11 May 1967	12.4 °C13 January 1967	28.2 °C	633 mm	313
1966	42.9 °C15 May 1966	11.0 °C12 February 1966	28.5 °C	388 mm	349
1965	42.0 °C29 April 1965	12.2 °C29 December 1965	28.1 °C	467 mm	341
1964	42.7 °C1 April 1964	13.6 °C12 January 1964	28.2 °C	456 mm	330
1963	41.9 °C10 April 1963	13.2 °C5 December 1963	28.8 °C	313 mm	357
1962	42.7 °C6 April 1962	11.4 °C7 January 1962	28.4 °C	435 mm	335
1961	43.3 °C27 April 1961	12.1 °C17 December 1961	27.7 °C	408 mm	327
1960	42.6 °C31 March 1960	11.7 °C28 December 1960	28.5 °C	279 mm	331
1959	41.4 °C13 April 1959	12.5 °C30 December 1959	27.8 °C	543 mm	322
1958	42.3 °C10 April 1958	12.5 °C24 December 1958	28.3 °C	577 mm	319
1957	41.1 °C3 May 1957	9.8 °C14 January 1957	26.8 °C	650 mm	301
1956	42.2 °C30 April 1956	8.7 °C25 January 1956	27.4 °C	844 mm	286
1955	41.2 °C19 April 1955	10.5 °C26 December 1955	27.2 °C	419 mm	319
1954	41.9 °C20 May 1954	11.5 °C1 January 1954	27.7 °C	607 mm	316
1953	42.7 °C27 April 1953	12.0 °C31 December 1953	27.5 °C	590 mm	310
1952	41.5 °C29 April 1952	10.3 °C5 February 1952	27.1 °C	573 mm	311
1951	41.9 °C14 March 1951	9.4 °C30 December 1951	27.2 °C	600 mm	338
1950	41.4 °C10 April 1950	12.2 °C8 February 1950	27.0 °C	761 mm	306
1949	42.2 °C4 May 1949	13.2 °C2 January 1949	28.8 °C	267 mm	341
1948	40.9 °C26 May 1948	11.9 °C13 January 1948	26.7 °C	484 mm	311
1947	41.0 °C30 April 1947	11.4 °C22 January 1947	26.6 °C	855 mm	282
1946	41.9 °C8 May 1946	11.2 °C17 December 1946	27.4 °C	360 mm	327
1945	41.9 °C29 April 1945	10.3 °C23 December 1945	26.5 °C	619 mm	289
1944	42.2 °C9 June 1944	13.1 °C28 November 1944	27.1 °C	651 mm	294
1943	41.7 °C12 May 1943	9.7 °C24 December 1943	27.1 °C	532 mm	290
1942	42.0 °C12 June 1942	11.3 °C27 January 1942	27.7 °C	489 mm	321
1941	42.1 °C28 April 1941	11.3 °C1 January 1941	29.2 °C	214 mm	359
1940	41.6 °C7 May 1940	12.4 °C28 January 1940	28.9 °C	164 mm	365

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

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

342 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

399 mm

-9 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.5 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	35.7 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	41.0 °C	+2.9 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Apr	41.5 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
May	40.1 °C	+1.0 °C	9 mm	-9 mm
Jun	37.0 °C	+0.7 °C	17 mm	-19 mm
Jul	32.0 °C	-0.8 °C	135 mm	+35 mm
Aug	30.6 °C	-0.3 °C	180 mm	+14 mm
Sep	32.9 °C	+0.3 °C	56 mm	-12 mm
Oct	36.6 °C	+0.6 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Nov	37.1 °C	+1.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Dec	35.5 °C	+2.9 °C	0 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.2 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest day

16.1 °C

13 Jan 2025

Wettest day

33.5 mm

1 Aug 2025

Windiest day

24.4 km/h

16 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

46.4 km/h

17 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.4 °C

23 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.5 °C

13 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

31 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dosso?

Dosso has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.6 °C and it receives 408 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dosso?

The hottest day measured in Dosso between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 2010, reaching 44.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dosso?

The coldest day measured in Dosso between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1956, at 8.7 °C.

Does it snow in Dosso?

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

Has the climate of Dosso warmed?

Yes: Dosso warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dosso?

The wettest day measured in Dosso between 1940 and 2025 was 2 August 2014, with 170 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dosso?

The windiest day measured in Dosso between 1940 and 2025 was 27 May 1946, with winds reaching 35.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dosso?

The warmest month in Dosso is May (33.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Dosso?

Dosso receives on average 408 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 62 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dosso?

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

Are there tropical nights in Dosso?

Yes: Dosso has on average 269 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dosso?

In Dosso, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.8 °C on 10 May 2016, and the lowest was 3.9 °C on 25 January 1956.

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