Climate averages 1991–2020
Kassala weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kassala: daytime highs average 40.4°C and nights cool to about 26.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 7.0 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qadarif (192 km away). In May its highs average 39.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kassala, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Kassala ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 6th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; Kassala is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 39.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.0 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Al Qadarif in MaySudan · 192 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Keren in MayEritrea · 223 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in MayEthiopia · 252 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Asmara in MayEritrea · 272 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 47 mm rain
- Aksum in MayEthiopia · 290 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Adwa in MayEthiopia · 304 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 15.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Wad Medani in MaySudan · 331 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in MaySudan · 352 kmHigh 41.2°C · Low 25.9°C · 1.6 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.