Climate averages 1991–2020
Atbara weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 11th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Atbara: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ad-Damir (12 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Atbara, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Atbara ranks joint 18th of 22 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 31.9°C; Atbara is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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
Atbara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| February | 31.1°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 34.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 41.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 13.013 h |
| June | 41.8°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.213 h |
| July | 40.0°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 6.8 | 1.7 | 13.113 h |
| August | 39.8°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 8.7 | 2.4 | 12.713 h |
| September | 40.5°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| October | 38.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 33.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| December, selected | 30.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.111 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
December in nearby cities
- Ad-Damir in DecemberSudan · 12 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Khartoum in DecemberSudan · 285 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Kassala in DecemberSudan · 359 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Wad Medani in DecemberSudan · 370 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in DecemberSudan · 399 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Port Sudan in DecemberSudan · 401 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in DecemberSudan · 434 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in DecemberSudan · 449 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 0 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 Atbara) is explained once on the Atbara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.