Climate averages 1991–2020
El Obeid weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in El Obeid: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is An Nuhūd (201 km away). In August its highs average 31.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than El Obeid, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Obeid ranks 11th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; El Obeid is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 75 mm to 41 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 Obeid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 31.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 35.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 11 | 3.5 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 24 | 6.1 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 62 | 13.3 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 32.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 14.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 34.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 41 | 9.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 10 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 33.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 29.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
August in nearby cities
- An Nuhūd in AugustSudan · 201 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in AugustSudan · 244 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Kadugli in AugustSudan · 248 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Kosti in AugustSudan · 265 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in AugustSudan · 322 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Khartoum in AugustSudan · 363 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Sennar in AugustSudan · 365 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Wad Medani in AugustSudan · 382 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 67 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 Obeid) is explained once on the El Obeid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.