Climate averages 1991–2020

Al-Junaynah weather
in December.

A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.2°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 13.8°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Al-Junaynah · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Al-Junaynah: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 13.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th 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 21 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is El Geneina Fort (3 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Al-Junaynah, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Al-Junaynah ranks joint 16th 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; Al-Junaynah is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Al-Junaynah climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Al-Junaynah, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.9°C13.1°C13.1°C00.011.411 h
February 32.6°C15.5°C15.5°C0.10.011.712 h
March 35.4°C18.6°C18.6°C0.40.112.012 h
April 37.4°C21.4°C21.4°C2.60.912.412 h
May 37.2°C22.7°C22.7°C123.312.713 h
June 35.5°C22.4°C22.4°C387.912.913 h
July 30.6°C21.1°C21.1°C18022.612.813 h
August 28.7°C20.3°C20.3°C23124.512.613 h
September 31.1°C20.1°C20.1°C6911.312.212 h
October 33.4°C20.0°C20.0°C112.511.812 h
November 32.2°C17.2°C17.2°C0.20.011.512 h
December, selected 30.2°C13.8°C13.8°C00.011.311 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

Distance from Al-Junaynah

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Al-Junaynah) is explained once on the Al-Junaynah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.

El Geneina Fort lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.