Climate averages 1991–2020
Atbara weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Atbara: daytime highs average 41.1°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ad-Damir (12 km away). In May its highs average 41.2°C, about as warm as Atbara, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Atbara ranks joint 2nd of 22 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; Atbara is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 41.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.2 mm to under 1 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ad-Damir in MaySudan · 12 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Khartoum in MaySudan · 285 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Kassala in MaySudan · 359 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 26.7°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Wad Medani in MaySudan · 370 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in MaySudan · 399 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Port Sudan in MaySudan · 401 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in MaySudan · 434 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in MaySudan · 449 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 Atbara) is explained once on the Atbara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.