Climate averages 1991–2020
El Obeid weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in El Obeid: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is An Nuhūd (201 km away). In March its highs average 36.1°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 March highs and joint 5th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 36.4°C; El Obeid is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 38.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- An Nuhūd in MarchSudan · 201 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in MarchSudan · 244 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Kadugli in MarchSudan · 248 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kosti in MarchSudan · 265 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in MarchSudan · 322 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khartoum in MarchSudan · 363 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Sennar in MarchSudan · 365 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Wad Medani in MarchSudan · 382 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.5°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 Obeid) is explained once on the El Obeid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.