Climate averages 1991–2020

Khartoum weather
in November.

A very hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 34.4°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 20.5°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 11 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Khartoum · average highYear overview

November is a very hot month in Khartoum: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical November (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Manāqil (153 km away). In November its highs average 36.7°C, 2.3°C warmer than Khartoum, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Khartoum ranks 12th of 22 for the warmest November highs and joint 6th of 22 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 22 cities is 34.6°C; Khartoum is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs fall by 3.6°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Khartoum, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 29.7°C15.1°C15.1°C00.011.311 h
February 32.3°C16.9°C16.9°C00.011.612 h
March 35.7°C19.7°C19.7°C00.012.012 h
April 39.3°C23.4°C23.4°C0.20.112.512 h
May 40.7°C26.5°C26.5°C3.21.212.813 h
June 40.4°C27.0°C27.0°C3.11.113.013 h
July 37.7°C26.6°C26.6°C204.713.013 h
August 37.0°C26.0°C26.0°C246.112.613 h
September 38.6°C26.5°C26.5°C9.42.612.212 h
October 38.3°C25.5°C25.5°C3.71.011.812 h
November, selected 34.4°C20.5°C20.5°C0.10.011.411 h
December 30.8°C16.6°C16.6°C00.011.211 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Khartoum

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 limits

How 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.