Climate averages 1991–2020
El Obeid weather
in September.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in El Obeid: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is An Nuhūd (201 km away). In September its highs average 33.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than El Obeid, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, El Obeid ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest September highs and 11th of 22 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 22 cities is 34.7°C; El Obeid is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 36.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- An Nuhūd in SeptemberSudan · 201 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in SeptemberSudan · 244 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Kadugli in SeptemberSudan · 248 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Kosti in SeptemberSudan · 265 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in SeptemberSudan · 322 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 25.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Khartoum in SeptemberSudan · 363 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Sennar in SeptemberSudan · 365 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Wad Medani in SeptemberSudan · 382 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 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.