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Cities / Niger

Agadez

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© OpenStreetMap, CARTO
Agadez coordinate map

Agadez at a glance

Local time   · Africa/Niamey
Today
Drizzle37° / 25°

1.5 mm rain forecast

Travel basics
Tap water
Use bottled or filtered
Electricity
220V/50Hz · Type A / B / C / D / E / F
Drives on
Right
Currency
XOF CFA
Language
French
US passport
Required

Entry rules change. Verify current requirements before booking.

City context
Population
110K
Elevation
520 m
Climate
BWh
NigerDetails and sources →

Why visit

Visit Agadez for museums, galleries, and collections, music, theater, and performance. In Agadez, the strongest material is where museums, streets, religious buildings, markets, performance spaces, food, or nearby landscapes explain the surrounding region. A good itinerary should stay selective. For Agadez, choose the anchor first. The cafe, market, church, gallery, or evening event should follow from that location. The result is a day in Agadez that can be followed, remembered, and adjusted. For Agadez, nearby landscapes and day trips should explain the city, not turn the itinerary into transit work.

When to avoid

Do not visit Agadez expecting every worthwhile stop to be close together or easy to improvise. In Agadez, a good plan starts with the constraints, not with the number of sights. In Agadez, keep the plan compact, check hours before arrival, and use taxis or rideshares when public transport is inconvenient or safety varies by area. If the main interest is one nearby site, it may be better to treat Agadez as a base rather than the whole destination.

Plan Agadez

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Agadez

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today
Drizzle
37° / 25°
1.5 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Partly cloudy
42° / 26°
UV Very high
Thu
Clear
42° / 27°
UV Very high
Fri
Partly cloudy
40° / 27°
UV Very high
Sat
Drizzle
39° / 28°
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
39° / 27°
0.6 mm
UV High
Mon
Drizzle
38° / 26°
1.2 mm
UV High

Climate

Summer (Apr-Sep)

Typical highs around 40°C, lows around 25°C. Also the wettest months.

Winter (Dec-Feb)

Typical highs around 29°C, lows around 13°C.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

JFMAMJJASOND
Weather
37° / 25°
Typical high / low
3 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.7h
06:11 – 18:54local
Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

About Agadez

Agadez, formerly spelled Agadès, is the fifth largest city in Niger, with a population of 110,497 based on the 2012 census. The capital of the eponymous Agadez Region, the city lies in the Sahara desert, and is also the capital of the Sultanate of Agadez, one of the traditional Tuareg–Berber federations. The historic centre of the town has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Airport codes
AJY
Niger basics →Country context, advisories, and entry links for the practicalities shown above.
References3▾▴

The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

  1. City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, Open-Elevation, IANA Time Zone Database, .
JFMAMJJASOND44°9°
highlowrainfallcomfortable months

Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.

CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Weather and climate. Seven-day forecast and long-term monthly climate for the city coordinates. Related: NASA POWER, Open-Meteo license.
  • Public holidays. Upcoming public-holiday dates used in the annual planning scrubber.
  • Maps, image licenses, and the full dataset registry are listed in site credits.