N'Djamena weather by month & the best time to visit
🇹🇩 Chad · city break · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit N'Djamena is September — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 82/100), with January and December close behind. N'Djamena averages about 3,347 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 92 mm of rain in September.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,347
- Sunniest month
- September
- Peak score
- 82/100
- Rain / year
- 529 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 1.4M
- Elevation
- 294 m
When is the best time to visit N'Djamena?
For sunshine, the best time to visit N'Djamena is September, then January and December. The dullest month is April (0/100, 5 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is N'Djamena?
N'Djamena is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,347 hours of sunshine a year. 82 Sunshine Score points separate September (82) from April (0), so the month you pick matters. It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in Chad. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 79% of the year's 529 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79 | 34° / 93°F | 15° / 59°F | 0 mm | 9 |
| February | 50 | 37° / 99°F | 18° / 64°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| March | 20 | 40° / 104°F | 22° / 72°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| April | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 26° / 79°F | 5 mm | 11 |
| May | 9 | 41° / 106°F | 28° / 82°F | 23 mm | 10 |
| June | 35 | 38° / 100°F | 26° / 79°F | 60 mm | 9 |
| July | 52 | 35° / 95°F | 24° / 75°F | 133 mm | 9 |
| August | 72 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 192 mm | 9 |
| September | 82 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 92 mm | 10 |
| October | 57 | 36° / 97°F | 22° / 72°F | 24 mm | 10 |
| November | 50 | 37° / 99°F | 18° / 64°F | 0 mm | 9 |
| December | 79 | 34° / 93°F | 16° / 61°F | 0 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kano Nigeria · 708 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
- Abuja Nigeria · 918 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
- Yaoundé Cameroon · 1,011 km · best in Jan · 1,748 h sun/yr
- Enugu Nigeria · 1,033 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
- Douala Cameroon · 1,076 km · best in Jan · 1,549 h sun/yr
- Owerri Nigeria · 1,138 km · best in Dec · 1,819 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Maroua Cameroon · 205 km · 3,120 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Maiduguri Nigeria · 215 km · 3,178 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Garoua Cameroon · 360 km · 2,942 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Yola Nigeria · 428 km · 2,920 h sun/yr · best in Oct
- Gombe Nigeria · 495 km · 3,074 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How N'Djamena compares month by month: N'Djamena vs Kano · N'Djamena vs Abuja · N'Djamena vs Yaoundé · all comparisons
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