Climate averages 1991–2020
El Daein weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in El Daein: daytime highs average 38.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gereida (109 km away). In May its highs average 38.2°C, about as warm as El Daein, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Daein ranks 13th of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 18th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; El Daein is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 35.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 47 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gereida in MaySudan · 109 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Nyala in MaySudan · 150 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- El Fasher in MaySudan · 255 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.6 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MaySudan · 286 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Winejok in MaySouth Sudan · 315 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Kadugli in MaySudan · 395 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Kuacjok in MaySouth Sudan · 406 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in MaySudan · 457 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 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.