Climate averages 1991–2020
El Fasher weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in El Fasher: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyala (183 km away). In March its highs average 35.8°C, 1.6°C warmer than El Fasher, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Fasher ranks 21st of 22 for the warmest March highs and joint 5th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 36.4°C; El Fasher is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 36.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Nyala in MarchSudan · 183 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- El Daein in MarchSudan · 255 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Gereida in MarchSudan · 263 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in MarchSudan · 313 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in MarchSudan · 314 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MarchSudan · 349 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Abéché in MarchChad · 488 kmHigh 37.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 0 mm rain
- El Obeid in MarchSudan · 529 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 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.