Climate averages 1991–2020
El Daein weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in El Daein: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gereida (109 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than El Daein, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Daein ranks 15th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; El Daein is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 110 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
El Daein climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 34.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 26 | 5.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 35.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 47 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 91 | 15.7 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 110 | 16.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 32.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 77 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 28 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 32.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
August in nearby cities
- Gereida in AugustSudan · 109 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Nyala in AugustSudan · 150 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 109 mm rain
- El Fasher in AugustSudan · 255 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 103 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in AugustSudan · 286 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Winejok in AugustSouth Sudan · 315 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Kadugli in AugustSudan · 395 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Kuacjok in AugustSouth Sudan · 406 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in AugustSudan · 457 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 231 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 El Daein) is explained once on the El Daein year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.