Tessaoua
City in Niger: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
N1 Tessaoua: fatima @ Mapillary.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tessaoua is a city in Niger, in Maradi Region. About 58,750 people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Niger in our atlas.
It lies at 13.76° N, 7.99° E, about 400 m (1,312 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Niamey time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Tessaoua. Green dots: other major cities of Niger. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tessaoua has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 12°C (54°F). Around 459 mm (18 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in NigerNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Maradi · 100 km
- Zinder · 108 km
- Birni N Konni · 295 km
- Tahoua · 319 km
- Agadez · 357 km
- Alaghsas · 362 km
- Diffa · 501 km
- Dosso · 523 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2438823 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q960488 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- N1 Tessaoua: fatima @ Mapillary.com, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)