Climate averages 1991–2020
El Geneina Fort weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in El Geneina Fort: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al-Junaynah (3 km away). In December its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as El Geneina Fort, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Geneina Fort ranks joint 18th of 22 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 31.9°C; El Geneina Fort is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 Geneina Fort climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 32.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 35.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April | 37.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 12 | 3.3 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 38 | 7.9 | 12.913 h |
| July | 30.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 180 | 22.6 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 231 | 24.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 69 | 11.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 32.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December, selected | 30.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°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
December in nearby cities
- Al-Junaynah in DecemberSudan · 3 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Abéché in DecemberChad · 180 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Nyala in DecemberSudan · 307 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 0 mm rain
- El Fasher in DecemberSudan · 313 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 12.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Am Timan in DecemberChad · 359 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Gereida in DecemberSudan · 380 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 0 mm rain
- El Daein in DecemberSudan · 457 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 0 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in DecemberSudan · 653 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.4°C · 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 Geneina Fort) is explained once on the El Geneina Fort year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Al-Junaynah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.