Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Sudan.

ClimaNote covers 22 cities in Sudan, starting with Khartoum, Nyala and Port Sudan. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 32.8°C in Al-Junaynah to 37.0°C in Wad Medani (tied with Al Manāqil), and yearly rainfall from 20 mm in Atbara to 709 mm in Kadugli. The hottest city-month is June in Ad-Damir, with an average high of 41.9°C, and the coolest is January in Port Sudan, at 25.7°C. By single month, the most rain falls in August in Al-Junaynah, with 231 mm (tied with August in El Geneina Fort).

April is the warmest month in 13 cities, May in 5, June in 2 and August in 1 (in 1 other city two or more months tie); January is the coolest in 11 cities and August in 10 (in 1 other city two or more months tie). August is the wettest month in 21 cities and November in 1; June is the driest in 1 city and December in 1 (in 20 other cities two or more months tie). Of these cities, all have a month with under 1 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C or a month with more than 300 mm of rain.

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Cities in Sudan

Yearly averages
Yearly climate averages for cities in Sudan
CityAverage highAverage lowRain mm/year
Khartoum36°C23°C64
Nyala33°C21°C365
Port Sudan33°C24°C133
Kassala36°C23°C181
El Obeid34°C21°C224
Al Qadarif36°C23°C440
Kosti36°C24°C238
Wad Medani37°C24°C187
El Daein35°C22°C383
El Fasher34°C19°C213
Singa36°C24°C356
Ad-Damazin34°C24°C533
Al-Junaynah33°C19°C543
El Geneina Fort33°C19°C543
Sennar37°C24°C290
Al Manāqil37°C24°C191
Gereida34°C22°C451
Atbara37°C22°C20
An Nuhūd34°C21°C269
Ad-Damir37°C22°C23
Kadugli34°C23°C709
Ad Douiem35°C23°C174

Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.