Climate averages 1991–2020
El Fasher weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in El Fasher: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyala (183 km away). In October its highs average 34.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than El Fasher, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Fasher ranks joint 14th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; El Fasher is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nyala in OctoberSudan · 183 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 20 mm rain
- El Daein in OctoberSudan · 255 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Gereida in OctoberSudan · 263 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 32 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in OctoberSudan · 313 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in OctoberSudan · 314 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 11 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in OctoberSudan · 349 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Abéché in OctoberChad · 488 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 6.2 mm rain
- El Obeid in OctoberSudan · 529 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 10 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.