Climate averages 1991–2020

El Obeid weather
in July.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.7°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 24.0°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall 62 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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July is a hot month in El Obeid: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 49 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is An Nuhūd (201 km away). In July its highs average 33.0°C, 0.8°C cooler than El Obeid, with 65 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Obeid ranks 13th of 22 for the warmest July highs and 9th of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 34.3°C; El Obeid is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 75 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for El Obeid, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.0°C14.7°C14.7°C0.10.011.411 h
February 31.6°C16.8°C16.8°C00.011.712 h
March 35.0°C19.7°C19.7°C0.10.012.112 h
April 38.0°C22.6°C22.6°C1.00.412.412 h
May 38.5°C24.8°C24.8°C113.512.713 h
June 36.9°C25.2°C25.2°C246.112.913 h
July, selected 33.7°C24.0°C24.0°C6213.312.813 h
August 32.3°C23.2°C23.2°C7514.512.613 h
September 34.3°C23.5°C23.5°C419.312.212 h
October 36.0°C23.6°C23.6°C102.411.812 h
November 33.2°C19.7°C19.7°C0.10.011.512 h
December 29.8°C15.9°C15.9°C00.011.411 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

July in nearby cities

Distance from El Obeid

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 limits

How 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.