Bousso in Spring

In spring (March, April and May), Bousso sees average daytime highs around 40°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 58 mm of rain over about 15 wet days across the season. It is the warmest season of the year and the 3rd-wettest season.

Over the season highs ease from about 40°C in early March to 36°C by late May. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time across spring, and the air most often feels dry.

Spring is Bousso's weakest season of the year to visit on our travel score. For the whole year in context, see Bousso's year-round climate.

Avg daytime high: 40°C; warmest season of the year
Avg overnight low: 27°C
Rainfall: 58 mm; 15 wet days
Avg wind: 10 km/h
Travel score: 0.4; weakest season of the year
Months: Mar · Apr · May

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Temperature in Bousso in Spring

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Over the season highs ease from about 40°C in early March to 36°C by late May.

A typical spring day in Bousso reaches about 40°C and drops to 27°C overnight. The warmest of the three months is March, the coolest March.

How spring really feels in Bousso

Once humidity and wind are folded in, spring brings about 92 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

92 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in spring is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bousso weather by month

How the three spring months (March, April and May) compare with the rest of the year — the season's months are highlighted.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 18°	0	0	11.5	3.3
Feb	38° / 21°	0	0	11.7	1.4
Mar	41° / 25°	1	0.4	11.9	0.0
Apr	41° / 28°	11	3.8	12.2	0.0
May	38° / 27°	46	10.8	12.5	1.1
Jun	35° / 25°	77	12.5	12.6	2.5
Jul	31° / 24°	166	22	12.6	3.1
Aug	30° / 23°	222	26	12.3	3.1
Sep	31° / 23°	145	20.7	12.1	3.2
Oct	34° / 24°	42	8.1	11.8	3.1
Nov	36° / 21°	1	0.3	11.5	2.4
Dec	35° / 19°	0	0	11.4	3.2

Cloud cover in Spring

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time across spring.

Chance of precipitation in Spring

Any precipitation

Bousso gets around 58 mm of rain over 15 wet days across spring. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Humidity in Spring

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of spring feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

Wind in Spring

Winds average 10 km/h across spring.

Sunrise & sunset in Spring

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min in early March to 12 h 36 min by late May. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Solar energy in Spring

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day across spring, about 6.6 kWh/m².

Planning a trip in spring

Hazard calendar for Bousso

In seasonPeak

In spring, Bousso overlaps its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bousso's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Bousso sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is spring a good time to visit Bousso?

Our two travel scores rate spring for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal), averaged across the three months.

0.4

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

2.9

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

spring is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bousso.

What to pack for Bousso in Spring

From spring's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In spring, Bousso sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 15 days see rain.

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UV index in Bousso in Spring

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV across spring averages around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bousso peaks around March 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	13	11	10	11	12	13	11	11	9	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Bousso in Spring

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where spring falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bousso is worst in March — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (July, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	51	58	67	40	22	19	14	17	19	26	29	46
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	51	Poor
Feb	58	Unhealthy
Mar	67	Unhealthy
Apr	40	Poor
May	22	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bousso?

Bousso sits at 10.5°N, 16.7°E, 337 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Déressia, 94 km away.

Topography around Bousso

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bousso.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bousso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 331 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m.

The land around Bousso is covered by grassland (41%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and shrubs (48%) and grassland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

grassland 41%

16 km

19 m

shrubs 47%

80 km

42 m

shrubs 48%

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Spring weather nearby: Déressia 94 km · Laï 129 km · Guelendeng 136 km · Béré 143 km · Bongor 148 km · Gounou Gaya 162 km · Yagoua 162 km · Kelo 164 km

Chad travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / D / E / F; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,022; 2025
Happiness: 4.4 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 6%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 32.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bousso (10.4847°, 16.7108°, elevation 337 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google.