Climate averages 1991–2020
Gereida weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Gereida: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyala (91 km away). In October its highs average 34.7°C, about as warm as Gereida, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Gereida ranks 16th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 20th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; Gereida is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nyala in OctoberSudan · 91 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 22.3°C · 20 mm rain
- El Daein in OctoberSudan · 109 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- El Fasher in OctoberSudan · 263 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Winejok in OctoberSouth Sudan · 366 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in OctoberSudan · 380 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 11 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in OctoberSudan · 380 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 11 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in OctoberSudan · 392 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Kuacjok in OctoberSouth Sudan · 454 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 103 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.