Zinder weather by month & the best time to visit

🇳🇪 Niger · regional city · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Zinder is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with December and February close behind. Zinder averages about 3,402 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,402

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

99/100

Rain / year

416 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

319k

Elevation

455 m

When is the best time to visit Zinder?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Zinder is January, then December and February. The dullest month is May (19/100, 14 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Zinder?

Zinder is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,402 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate January (99) from May (19), so the month you pick matters. It is the sunnier of the two destinations tracked in Niger. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 83% of the year's 416 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Kano Nigeria · 199 km · best in Jan · 3,209 h sun/yr
• Abuja Nigeria · 563 km · best in Nov · 2,524 h sun/yr
• N'Djamena Chad · 681 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Niamey Niger · 736 km · best in Jan · 3,305 h sun/yr
• Enugu Nigeria · 827 km · best in Jan · 1,992 h sun/yr
• Owerri Nigeria · 949 km · best in Dec · 1,819 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Katsina Nigeria · 167 km · 3,367 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Bauchi Nigeria · 376 km · 3,001 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Kaduna Nigeria · 388 km · 2,843 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Sokoto Nigeria · 420 km · 3,060 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Gombe Nigeria · 439 km · 3,074 h sun/yr · best in Jan