Climate averages 1991–2020
El Obeid weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 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 Obeid: daytime highs average 38.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is An Nuhūd (201 km away). In May its highs average 38.2°C, about as warm as El Obeid, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Obeid ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 8th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; El Obeid is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 36.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 24 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 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- An Nuhūd in MaySudan · 201 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in MaySudan · 244 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Kadugli in MaySudan · 248 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Kosti in MaySudan · 265 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in MaySudan · 322 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Khartoum in MaySudan · 363 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Sennar in MaySudan · 365 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Wad Medani in MaySudan · 382 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 11 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.