Climate averages 1991–2020
Ad-Damir weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ad-Damir: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 14.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
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 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Atbara (12 km away). In January its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Ad-Damir, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Ad-Damir ranks 19th 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-Damir is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 31.2°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-Damir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| February | 31.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 34.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 41.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.913 h |
| June | 41.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| July | 39.9°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 8.3 | 2.1 | 13.113 h |
| August | 39.7°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 9.4 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 40.5°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 38.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| November | 33.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| December | 30.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.111 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
- Atbara in JanuarySudan · 12 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khartoum in JanuarySudan · 275 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Kassala in JanuarySudan · 352 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Wad Medani in JanuarySudan · 359 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in JanuarySudan · 387 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Port Sudan in JanuarySudan · 409 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in JanuarySudan · 424 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in JanuarySudan · 438 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-Damir) is explained once on the Ad-Damir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.