Climate averages 1991–2020
El Obeid weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in El Obeid: daytime highs average 36.0°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is An Nuhūd (201 km away). In October its highs average 35.8°C, about as warm as El Obeid, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Obeid ranks 11th of 22 for the warmest October highs and joint 6th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; El Obeid is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- An Nuhūd in OctoberSudan · 201 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in OctoberSudan · 244 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Kadugli in OctoberSudan · 248 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Kosti in OctoberSudan · 265 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in OctoberSudan · 322 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Khartoum in OctoberSudan · 363 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Sennar in OctoberSudan · 365 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Wad Medani in OctoberSudan · 382 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 10 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.