Climate averages 1991–2020
An Nuhūd weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in An Nuhūd: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Obeid (201 km away). In January its highs average 29.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than An Nuhūd, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, An Nuhūd ranks joint 12th of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 31.1°C; An Nuhūd is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
An Nuhūd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 32.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 16 | 4.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 28 | 8.1 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 65 | 13.6 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 88 | 15.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 53 | 10.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 16 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
January in nearby cities
- El Obeid in JanuarySudan · 201 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 14.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kadugli in JanuarySudan · 234 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- El Daein in JanuarySudan · 286 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 0 mm rain
- El Fasher in JanuarySudan · 349 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Gereida in JanuarySudan · 392 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Nyala in JanuarySudan · 393 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Winejok in JanuarySouth Sudan · 421 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in JanuarySudan · 444 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.1 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 An Nuhūd) is explained once on the An Nuhūd year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.