Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qadarif weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly 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 Qadarif: daytime highs average 39.5°C and nights cool to about 26.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singa (185 km away). In May its highs average 39.7°C, about as warm as Al Qadarif, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Al Qadarif ranks 10th of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 18th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; Al Qadarif is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 37.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 49 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 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Singa in MaySudan · 185 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 27.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Kassala in MaySudan · 192 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Sennar in MaySudan · 203 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Wad Medani in MaySudan · 205 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in MaySudan · 259 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in MaySudan · 273 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Kosti in MaySudan · 310 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MayEthiopia · 313 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 65 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.