Lightning strikes in Chad

The detection network has located 1,700 lightning strikes in Chad since the archive began, including 549 in the last 7 days. That is 0.02% of all detected strikes worldwide, ranking Chad #59 of 143 countries with recorded lightning. Chad is counted under Africa in the continent totals.

Daily strikes, last 14 days

Day (UTC)	Detected strikes
2026-08-14	22
2026-08-13	76
2026-08-12	158
2026-08-11	99
2026-08-10	54
2026-08-09	114
2026-08-08	26
2026-08-07	1
2026-08-06	14
2026-08-05	1
2026-08-04	167
2026-08-03	33
2026-08-02	237
2026-08-01	22

Strikes by state or province

Regions follow Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries. "Unassigned" counts strikes inside Chad's territory but outside every region polygon, mostly coastal water and lakes.

#	State / province	Strikes	Last 7 days	Share
1	Guéra	220	17	12.9%
2	Chari-Baguirmi	178	57	10.5%
3	Moyen-Chari	173	31	10.2%
4	Hadjer-Lamis	151	83	8.9%
5	Salamat	143	36	8.4%
6	Logone Oriental	133	56	7.8%
7	Batha	116	36	6.8%
8	Mayo-Kebbi Est	96	54	5.6%
9	Mandoul	88	29	5.2%
10	Tandjilé	74	16	4.4%
11	Kanem	67	20	3.9%
12	Bahr el Gazel	63	40	3.7%
13	Mayo-Kebbi Ouest	51	20	3.0%
14	Sila	44	20	2.6%
15	Lac	34	11	2.0%
16	Borkou	19	7	1.1%
17	Logone Occidental	17	3	1.0%
18	Ouaddaï	9	3	0.5%
19	Tibesti	9	2	0.5%
20	Ouham Prefecture	6	4	0.4%
21	Wadi Fira	4	3	0.2%
22	N'Djamena	2	0	0.1%
23	Far North	2	1	0.1%
24	Unassigned	1	0	0.1%

These are detected strikes, and detection coverage differs by region; the data hub explains the method and its limits. For the climatological picture, see which countries get the most lightning.

See Chad's next strike live

The live map plots every detected strike within seconds and times the thunder to your position.

Open the live map