Climate and average weather in Goz Beida

In Goz Beida, the summers are sweltering, dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and mostly cloudy.

Best: mid September to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Goz Beida typically varies from 18°C to 40°C, and is rarely below 14°C or above 42°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Goz Beida for warm-weather activities are from mid September to late October and late November to late December.

Hottest
Apr
40°
Coldest
Aug
22°
Wettest
Aug
290 mm
Driest
Jan
0 mm
Rain / yr
755 mm
96 wet days
Daylight
11.3–12.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
567 m
12.2°N
Clearest
Nov
24% cloud

Goz Beida is place in Sila, Chad.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Goz Beida weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid September to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Goz Beida, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 3.4 months, from February 23 to June 5, with daily high temperatures above 37°C. The hottest month of the year in Goz Beida is April, with an average high of 40°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 2.4 months, from July 13 to September 22, with daily high temperatures below 31°C. The coldest month of the year in Goz Beida is August, with an average low of 22°C and high of 30°C.

Days typically run about 13°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 16°C) in February.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3418
Feb3620
Mar3923
Apr4025
May3826
Jun3625
Jul3123
Aug3022
Sep3122
Oct3422
Nov3521
Dec3418

How hot and cold Goz Beida really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Goz Beida feels like about 40°C (around April 5). Nearly every day a year carries some heat stress, and 56 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in April.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan34341818
Feb36362020
Mar39392323
Apr40402525
May39382626
Jun38362525
Jul35312323
Aug33302222
Sep35312222
Oct35342222
Nov35352121
Dec34341818

Average hourly temperature in Goz Beida

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 40°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Goz Beida weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 18°0011.44.2
Feb36° / 20°0011.62.5
Mar39° / 23°10.311.90.9
Apr40° / 25°6212.30.3
May38° / 26°297.412.60.9
Jun36° / 25°6813.612.71.9
Jul31° / 23°20924.112.62.9
Aug30° / 22°29026.612.43.2
Sep31° / 22°12617.612.13.6
Oct34° / 22°244.711.73.8
Nov35° / 21°10.111.43.5
Dec34° / 18°0011.34.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Goz Beida gets about 755 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.5 months, from around May 22 to Oct 6, peaking in August at about 88% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 290 mm over about 27 wet days; January is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 14 · 88%Jan 1 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan00
Feb00
Mar10
Apr72
May237
Jun4614
Jul7824
Aug8527
Sep5818
Oct165
Nov10
Dec00

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Goz Beida collects about 755 mm of rain across 96 wet days — roughly 63 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 290 mm, while January is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 83% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0162968209290126241
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan00
Feb00
Mar10
Apr62
May297
Jun6814
Jul20924
Aug29027
Sep12618
Oct245
Nov10
Dec00

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Goz Beida, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 7 and lasts for 8.3 months, ending around June 15. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 84% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around June 16 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around October 6. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 82% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNov 14 · 85%Aug 5 · 17%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8020
Feb7921
Mar7723
Apr7624
May7030
Jun6139
Jul3169
Aug1882
Sep3862
Oct7228
Nov8416
Dec8416

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 30, brings about 12 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.46:035:24
Feb11.66:015:37
Mar11.95:475:41
Apr12.35:265:43
May12.65:145:47
Jun12.75:135:56
Jul12.65:206:00
Aug12.45:265:51
Sep12.15:275:31
Oct11.75:285:11
Nov11.45:375:02
Dec11.35:525:09

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Goz Beida averages about 15 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 23 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 7.7 months, from around Oct 8 to May 28. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 22 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is August, down near 1 sunny days — about 95% fewer than the December peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 1523 daysAug 91 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan21Bright
Feb19Bright
Mar19Bright
Apr18Bright
May17Bright
Jun11Mixed
Jul3Gloomy
Aug1Gloomy
Sep6Gloomy
Oct18Bright
Nov22Bright
Dec23Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Goz Beida, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.6 months, from around May 10 to October 25. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 26 to May 9, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 12 · 100%Jul 8 · 0%muggyoppressivedryhumidcomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar962200
Apr72101250
May291624256
Jun14184828
Jul0011682
Aug000397
Sep001594
Oct238122136
Nov913321
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Goz Beida is typically calm, near 9 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Nov 6 to May 14. The windiest month is March, averaging about 11 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Jun 28 to Nov 5, with September the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 2 · 11 km/hSep 19 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan10calm
Feb11calm
Mar11calm
Apr10calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul8calm
Aug7calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov9calm
Dec10calm

Hazard calendar for Goz Beida

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Goz Beida's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Goz Beida sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Goz Beida

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Goz Beida throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid October, Goz Beida is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Goz Beida for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid September to late October and again from late November to late January, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 4 · 4.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.1fair
Feb2.5poor
Mar0.9poor
Apr0.3poor
May0.9poor
Jun1.9poor
Jul2.9poor
Aug3.1poor
Sep3.6fair
Oct3.8fair
Nov3.5fair
Dec4.2fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Goz Beida for hot-weather activities is from early October to mid February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 3 · 8.1

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Goz Beida, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around April (highs near 40°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 30°C), pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Goz Beida sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Goz Beida by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Goz Beida peaks around August 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 15UV 12Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Average hourly UV index in Goz Beida

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in August the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan75
Feb7.55.5
Mar7.55.5
Apr7.55.5
May7.55
Jun85.5
Jul86
Aug86
Sep7.55.5
Oct7.55.5
Nov74.5
Dec6.54

Air quality in Goz Beida by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Goz Beida is worst in March — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1850 µg/m³Aug 1817 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan20Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar52Poor
Apr38Poor
May24Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Goz Beida is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Goz Beida banks about 6,698 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan487
Feb508
Mar648
Apr674
May688
Jun611
Jul525
Aug485
Sep494
Oct550
Nov532
Dec498

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Goz Beida receives about 6.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.8 and 7.3 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.9 months, from around Jan 17 to Jun 15. The brightest month is April, averaging about 7.2 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 4.9 kWh/m² — roughly 32% less than the April peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 17.3 kWhAug 64.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.1Intense
Feb6.6Intense
Mar7.2Intense
Apr7.2Intense
May6.7Intense
Jun6.2Intense
Jul5.2Bright
Aug4.8Bright
Sep5.5Bright
Oct6.1Intense
Nov6.2Intense
Dec6.0Bright

Where is Goz Beida?

Goz Beida sits at 12.2°N, 21.4°E, 567 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Adré, 162 km away.

AdréAl-JunaynahEl Geneina FortAm Timan'ĀrdamatāAbéchéMangalméUmm Hājar

Topography around Goz Beida

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Goz Beida has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 265 m around an average of 581 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 472 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 534 m.

The land around Goz Beida is covered by grassland (45%) and cropland (43%) within 3 km, grassland (68%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
265 m
16 km
472 m
80 km
534 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Adré 162 km · Al-Junaynah 177 km · El Geneina Fort 179 km · Am Timan 180 km · 'Ārdamatā 181 km · Abéché 189 km · Mangalmé 196 km · Umm Hājar 221 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
Muslim 52%Protestant 24%Roman Catholic 20%none 3%

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 Goz Beida (12.2264°, 21.4098°, elevation 567 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. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).