Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Manāqil weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Al Manāqil: daytime highs average 38.1°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a very dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wad Medani (60 km away). In October its highs average 38.0°C, about as warm as Al Manāqil, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Al Manāqil ranks 4th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 11th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; Al Manāqil is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Wad Medani in OctoberSudan · 60 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in OctoberSudan · 78 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Sennar in OctoberSudan · 98 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Kosti in OctoberSudan · 125 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Khartoum in OctoberSudan · 153 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Singa in OctoberSudan · 159 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in OctoberSudan · 259 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in OctoberSudan · 311 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 60 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.