Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qadarif weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Al Qadarif: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singa (185 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Al Qadarif, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Al Qadarif ranks 16th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 19th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Al Qadarif is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 64 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 Qadarif climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 36.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.6°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.5°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 26 | 6.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 37.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 49 | 11.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 32.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 122 | 20.3 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 147 | 21.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 64 | 13.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 26 | 7.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 36.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 11.511 h |
| December | 34.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 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
- Singa in AugustSudan · 185 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Kassala in AugustSudan · 192 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Sennar in AugustSudan · 203 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Wad Medani in AugustSudan · 205 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in AugustSudan · 259 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in AugustSudan · 273 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Kosti in AugustSudan · 310 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AugustEthiopia · 313 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 507 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 Qadarif) is explained once on the Al Qadarif year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.