Agadez
Elevation 520 m16.97° N, 7.99° E
Do not travel
The governments of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States advise against all travel to the whole country. The advice is for the country: it holds here too.
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When to go?
Mean 21 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 24 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
Mean 28 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 36 °C
Mean 33 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 40 °C
Mean 35 °C, it hardly ever rains (1 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 42 °C
Mean 35 °C, 1 rain day in the month (7 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 42 °C
Mean 33 °C, 5 rain days in the month (35 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 39 °C
Mean 31 °C, 8 rain days in the month (66 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 37 °C
Mean 33 °C, 1 rain day in the month (10 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 39 °C
Mean 31 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Extreme heathighs of 38 °C
Mean 26 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 22 °C, it hardly ever rains (0 mm).
Good for
- Ideal to visitTemperature and rain in the ideal range.
The best months are December–February. Avoid March–November (hot, at times extreme heat).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.1 °C; in the last ten years by +1.4 °C. Warmest year: 2010 (+1.9 °C), coldest: 1961 (−1.7 °C).
November and March warmed the most (+1.6 and +1.3 °C), June the least (+0.8 °C). The warm season (above the annual mean of then, 28 °C) begins 8 days earlier and ends 9 days later.
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −11 % every ten years.