Climate averages 1991–2020
Atbara weather
in June.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a very hot month in Atbara: daytime highs average 41.8°C and nights cool to about 27.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ad-Damir (12 km away). In June its highs average 41.9°C, about as warm as Atbara, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Atbara ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest June highs and joint 2nd of 22 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 22 cities is 37.5°C; Atbara is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 40.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 6.8 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Ad-Damir in JuneSudan · 12 kmHigh 41.9°C · Low 27.0°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Khartoum in JuneSudan · 285 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 27.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Kassala in JuneSudan · 359 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Wad Medani in JuneSudan · 370 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 27.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in JuneSudan · 399 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 27.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Port Sudan in JuneSudan · 401 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in JuneSudan · 434 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in JuneSudan · 449 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 26.9°C · 12 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.