Climate averages 1991–2020
El Geneina Fort weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Geneina Fort: daytime highs average 37.3°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 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 Al-Junaynah (3 km away). In May its highs average 37.2°C, about as warm as El Geneina Fort, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Geneina Fort ranks 18th of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 10th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; El Geneina Fort is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 38 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 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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Al-Junaynah in MaySudan · 3 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Abéché in MayChad · 180 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Nyala in MaySudan · 307 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- El Fasher in MaySudan · 313 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Am Timan in MayChad · 359 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 26.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Gereida in MaySudan · 380 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 26 mm rain
- El Daein in MaySudan · 457 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 26 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MaySudan · 653 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 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.