Climate averages 1991–2020
El Fasher weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in El Fasher: daytime highs average 36.9°C and nights cool to about 20.4°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 April (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyala (183 km away). In April its highs average 37.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than El Fasher, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Fasher ranks 21st of 22 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 38.8°C; El Fasher is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 37.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.6 mm.
The annual picture
April 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 Fasher climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 34.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 36.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 4.6 | 1.5 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 3.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| August | 32.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 103 | 16.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 34.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 23 | 5.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 28.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 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
April in nearby cities
- Nyala in AprilSudan · 183 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- El Daein in AprilSudan · 255 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Gereida in AprilSudan · 263 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 3.6 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in AprilSudan · 313 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in AprilSudan · 314 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in AprilSudan · 349 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Abéché in AprilChad · 488 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 1.6 mm rain
- El Obeid in AprilSudan · 529 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 1.0 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 Fasher) is explained once on the El Fasher year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.