Climate averages 1991–2020
Kassala weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kassala: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qadarif (192 km away). In January its highs average 34.3°C, 1.6°C warmer than Kassala, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Kassala ranks 8th of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 12th of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 31.1°C; Kassala is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Kassala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| February | 34.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 37.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| May | 40.4°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 39.1°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 10 | 2.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 35.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| August | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 72 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 36.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 24 | 6.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 37.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 4.9 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 36.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| December | 33.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.211 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
January in nearby cities
- Al Qadarif in JanuarySudan · 192 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Keren in JanuaryEritrea · 223 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 14.0°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in JanuaryEthiopia · 252 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Asmara in JanuaryEritrea · 272 kmHigh 20.5°C · Low 9.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Aksum in JanuaryEthiopia · 290 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 9.9°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Adwa in JanuaryEthiopia · 304 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 10.0°C · 4.8 mm rain
- Wad Medani in JanuarySudan · 331 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in JanuarySudan · 352 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 0 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 Kassala) is explained once on the Kassala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.