Climate averages 1991–2020
An Nuhūd 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 An Nuhūd: daytime highs average 38.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 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 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Obeid (201 km away). In May its highs average 38.5°C, about as warm as An Nuhūd, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, An Nuhūd ranks joint 14th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 14th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; An Nuhūd is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 28 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
An Nuhūd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- El Obeid in MaySudan · 201 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Kadugli in MaySudan · 234 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- El Daein in MaySudan · 286 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 26 mm rain
- El Fasher in MaySudan · 349 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Gereida in MaySudan · 392 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Nyala in MaySudan · 393 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Winejok in MaySouth Sudan · 421 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in MaySudan · 444 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 9.1 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.