Climate averages 1991–2020
Ad Douiem weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Ad Douiem: daytime highs average 39.3°C and nights cool to about 26.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.1 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Manāqil (78 km away). In May its highs average 41.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Ad Douiem, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Ad Douiem ranks 11th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; Ad Douiem is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.1 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Al Manāqil in MaySudan · 78 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Kosti in MaySudan · 101 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Wad Medani in MaySudan · 138 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Sennar in MaySudan · 144 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Khartoum in MaySudan · 174 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Singa in MaySudan · 199 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 27.4°C · 22 mm rain
- El Obeid in MaySudan · 244 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in MaySudan · 331 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 45 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.