Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Manāqil weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Al Manāqil: daytime highs average 41.0°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wad Medani (60 km away). In May its highs average 41.1°C, about as warm as Al Manāqil, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Al Manāqil ranks 4th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; Al Manāqil is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 39.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 15 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Wad Medani in MaySudan · 60 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in MaySudan · 78 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Sennar in MaySudan · 98 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Kosti in MaySudan · 125 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Khartoum in MaySudan · 153 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Singa in MaySudan · 159 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 27.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in MaySudan · 259 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in MaySudan · 311 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 Al Manāqil) is explained once on the Al Manāqil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.