Climate averages 1991–2020
An Nuhūd weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly 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 An Nuhūd: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Obeid (201 km away). In October its highs average 36.0°C, about as warm as An Nuhūd, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, An Nuhūd ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; An Nuhūd is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 16 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- El Obeid in OctoberSudan · 201 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Kadugli in OctoberSudan · 234 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 67 mm rain
- El Daein in OctoberSudan · 286 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- El Fasher in OctoberSudan · 349 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Gereida in OctoberSudan · 392 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Nyala in OctoberSudan · 393 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Winejok in OctoberSouth Sudan · 421 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in OctoberSudan · 444 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 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.