Climate averages 1991–2020
Ad Douiem weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Ad Douiem: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Manāqil (78 km away). In December its highs average 33.8°C, 2.9°C warmer than Ad Douiem, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Ad Douiem ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 31.9°C; Ad Douiem is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 Douiem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 32.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 35.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.3°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 9.1 | 3.2 | 12.813 h |
| June | 38.0°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 12 | 3.8 | 12.913 h |
| July | 35.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 49 | 9.6 | 12.913 h |
| August | 33.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 11.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 35.9°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 37.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| December, selected | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 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
December in nearby cities
- Al Manāqil in DecemberSudan · 78 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Kosti in DecemberSudan · 101 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Wad Medani in DecemberSudan · 138 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Sennar in DecemberSudan · 144 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Khartoum in DecemberSudan · 174 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Singa in DecemberSudan · 199 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 0 mm rain
- El Obeid in DecemberSudan · 244 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 15.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in DecemberSudan · 331 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 0 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 Douiem) is explained once on the Ad Douiem year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.