Climate averages 1991–2020
Kassala weather
in October.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Kassala: daytime highs average 37.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qadarif (192 km away). In October its highs average 35.4°C, 2.3°C cooler than Kassala, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Kassala ranks 6th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; Kassala is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 36.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.9 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Al Qadarif in OctoberSudan · 192 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Keren in OctoberEritrea · 223 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in OctoberEthiopia · 252 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 14.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Asmara in OctoberEritrea · 272 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Aksum in OctoberEthiopia · 290 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Adwa in OctoberEthiopia · 304 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Wad Medani in OctoberSudan · 331 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in OctoberSudan · 352 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.8 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.