Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Manāqil weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Al Manāqil: daytime highs average 38.4°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wad Medani (60 km away). In March its highs average 38.4°C, about as warm as Al Manāqil, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Al Manāqil ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest March highs and joint 5th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 36.4°C; Al Manāqil is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 41.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.1 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Wad Medani in MarchSudan · 60 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in MarchSudan · 78 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Sennar in MarchSudan · 98 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Kosti in MarchSudan · 125 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Khartoum in MarchSudan · 153 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Singa in MarchSudan · 159 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in MarchSudan · 259 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in MarchSudan · 311 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 2.2 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.