Climate averages 1991–2020
El Fasher weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in El Fasher: daytime highs average 37.7°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyala (183 km away). In May its highs average 37.6°C, about as warm as El Fasher, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Fasher ranks 16th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; El Fasher is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 37.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 10 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 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Nyala in MaySudan · 183 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- El Daein in MaySudan · 255 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Gereida in MaySudan · 263 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 26 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in MaySudan · 313 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in MaySudan · 314 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MaySudan · 349 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Abéché in MayChad · 488 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 9.4 mm rain
- El Obeid in MaySudan · 529 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 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.