Climate averages 1991–2020
Gereida weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Gereida: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyala (91 km away). In March its highs average 35.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Gereida, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Gereida ranks 9th of 22 for the warmest March highs and 19th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 36.4°C; Gereida is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 39.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 3.6 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
Gereida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 34.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March, selected | 37.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 26 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| June | 35.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 62 | 11.4 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 107 | 17.4 | 12.713 h |
| August | 30.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 131 | 19.2 | 12.512 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 88 | 14.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 32 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 32.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Nyala in MarchSudan · 91 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.5 mm rain
- El Daein in MarchSudan · 109 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- El Fasher in MarchSudan · 263 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Winejok in MarchSouth Sudan · 366 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in MarchSudan · 380 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.4 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in MarchSudan · 380 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.4 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MarchSudan · 392 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kuacjok in MarchSouth Sudan · 454 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 16 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 Gereida) is explained once on the Gereida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.