Climate averages 1991–2020
Ad Douiem weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ad Douiem: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 17.2°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 (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Manāqil (78 km away). In January its highs average 32.9°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 14th of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 12th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 31.1°C; Ad Douiem is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 32.4°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 Douiem climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Manāqil in JanuarySudan · 78 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kosti in JanuarySudan · 101 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Wad Medani in JanuarySudan · 138 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sennar in JanuarySudan · 144 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khartoum in JanuarySudan · 174 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Singa in JanuarySudan · 199 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 0 mm rain
- El Obeid in JanuarySudan · 244 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in JanuarySudan · 331 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.3°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.