Climate averages 1991–2020
El Fasher weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in El Fasher: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 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 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyala (183 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, 2.0°C cooler than El Fasher, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Fasher ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; El Fasher is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 23 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 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Nyala in AugustSudan · 183 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 109 mm rain
- El Daein in AugustSudan · 255 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Gereida in AugustSudan · 263 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 131 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in AugustSudan · 313 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in AugustSudan · 314 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 231 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in AugustSudan · 349 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Abéché in AugustChad · 488 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 207 mm rain
- El Obeid in AugustSudan · 529 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 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.