Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Manāqil weather
in August.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Al Manāqil: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wad Medani (60 km away). In August its highs average 34.5°C, about as warm as Al Manāqil, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Al Manāqil ranks 5th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Al Manāqil is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Al Manāqil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 41.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 41.0°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 13 | 3.8 | 12.813 h |
| June | 39.3°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 15 | 5.1 | 13.013 h |
| July | 35.9°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 53 | 11.1 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 34.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 65 | 12.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 36.7°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 30 | 8.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 38.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 13 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 36.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| December | 33.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°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
August in nearby cities
- Wad Medani in AugustSudan · 60 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in AugustSudan · 78 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Sennar in AugustSudan · 98 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Kosti in AugustSudan · 125 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Khartoum in AugustSudan · 153 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Singa in AugustSudan · 159 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in AugustSudan · 259 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in AugustSudan · 311 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 143 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 Al Manāqil) is explained once on the Al Manāqil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.