Climate averages 1991–2020
El Daein weather
in January.
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.
January is a hot month in El Daein: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 16.7°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 January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gereida (109 km away). In January its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as El Daein, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Daein ranks 11th of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 31.1°C; El Daein is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gereida in JanuarySudan · 109 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Nyala in JanuarySudan · 150 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 0 mm rain
- El Fasher in JanuarySudan · 255 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 11.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in JanuarySudan · 286 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Winejok in JanuarySouth Sudan · 315 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kadugli in JanuarySudan · 395 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kuacjok in JanuarySouth Sudan · 406 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in JanuarySudan · 457 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 13.1°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 El Daein) is explained once on the El Daein year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.