Climate averages 1991–2020

Atbara weather
in November.

A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.8°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 20.2°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Atbara · average highYear overview

November is a hot month in Atbara: daytime highs average 33.8°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical November (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ad-Damir (12 km away). In November its highs average 33.9°C, about as warm as Atbara, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Atbara ranks 16th of 22 for the warmest November highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 22 cities is 34.6°C; Atbara is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Atbara, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.6°C14.5°C14.5°C0.10.011.211 h
February 31.1°C15.9°C15.9°C00.011.612 h
March 34.6°C18.6°C18.6°C0.10.012.012 h
April 38.7°C22.5°C22.5°C0.20.112.513 h
May 41.1°C26.2°C26.2°C1.20.413.013 h
June 41.8°C27.4°C27.4°C0.40.213.213 h
July 40.0°C27.4°C27.4°C6.81.713.113 h
August 39.8°C27.3°C27.3°C8.72.412.713 h
September 40.5°C27.0°C27.0°C1.70.512.312 h
October 38.3°C24.5°C24.5°C0.40.011.812 h
November, selected 33.8°C20.2°C20.2°C00.011.311 h
December 30.1°C16.5°C16.5°C00.011.111 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Atbara

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 limits

How 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.