Climate averages 1991–2020
El Obeid weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in El Obeid: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is An Nuhūd (201 km away). In January its highs average 30.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than El Obeid, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Obeid ranks 18th of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 12th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 31.1°C; El Obeid is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- An Nuhūd in JanuarySudan · 201 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in JanuarySudan · 244 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kadugli in JanuarySudan · 248 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kosti in JanuarySudan · 265 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in JanuarySudan · 322 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khartoum in JanuarySudan · 363 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 15.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Sennar in JanuarySudan · 365 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Wad Medani in JanuarySudan · 382 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 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.