Climate averages 1991–2020
El Daein weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in El Daein: daytime highs average 37.5°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gereida (109 km away). In March its highs average 37.4°C, about as warm as El Daein, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Daein ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest March highs and joint 17th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 36.4°C; El Daein is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 39.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.9 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gereida in MarchSudan · 109 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Nyala in MarchSudan · 150 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- El Fasher in MarchSudan · 255 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MarchSudan · 286 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Winejok in MarchSouth Sudan · 315 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Kadugli in MarchSudan · 395 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kuacjok in MarchSouth Sudan · 406 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in MarchSudan · 457 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.4 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.