Climate averages 1991–2020
Ad-Damazin weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ad-Damazin: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singa (158 km away). In January its highs average 34.1°C, 1.8°C warmer than Ad-Damazin, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Ad-Damazin ranks 9th of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 31.1°C; Ad-Damazin is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ad-Damazin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 34.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.7°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 8.6 | 2.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 36.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 45 | 11.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 33.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 67 | 15.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 101 | 19.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 29.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 143 | 21.9 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 104 | 16.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 60 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 3.1 | 1.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Singa in JanuarySudan · 158 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Sennar in JanuarySudan · 216 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kosti in JanuarySudan · 239 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in JanuarySudan · 273 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Wad Medani in JanuarySudan · 304 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in JanuarySudan · 311 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Bahir Dar in JanuaryEthiopia · 331 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in JanuarySudan · 331 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ad-Damazin) is explained once on the Ad-Damazin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.