Climate averages 1991–2020
Khartoum 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 Khartoum: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 15.1°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 Manāqil (153 km away). In January its highs average 32.9°C, 3.2°C warmer than Khartoum, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Khartoum ranks 17th of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 31.1°C; Khartoum is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 32.3°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
Khartoum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| February | 32.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 40.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 12.813 h |
| June | 40.4°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 13.013 h |
| July | 37.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 20 | 4.7 | 13.013 h |
| August | 37.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 24 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 38.6°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 9.4 | 2.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 38.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0 | 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 Manāqil in JanuarySudan · 153 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Wad Medani in JanuarySudan · 166 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in JanuarySudan · 174 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Sennar in JanuarySudan · 247 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kosti in JanuarySudan · 266 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in JanuarySudan · 275 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 14.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Atbara in JanuarySudan · 285 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Singa in JanuarySudan · 307 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 20.0°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 Khartoum) is explained once on the Khartoum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.