Climate averages 1991–2020
Kosti weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Kosti: daytime highs average 40.6°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ad Douiem (101 km away). In April its highs average 38.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Kosti, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Kosti ranks joint 5th of 22 for the warmest April highs and joint 10th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 38.8°C; Kosti is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 39.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kosti climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 40.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.7°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 15 | 4.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 23 | 6.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.3°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 68 | 12.3 | 12.813 h |
| August | 32.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 73 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| September | 34.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 39 | 9.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.8°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 17 | 5.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 36.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
April in nearby cities
- Ad Douiem in AprilSudan · 101 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Sennar in AprilSudan · 108 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 26.1°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in AprilSudan · 125 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Singa in AprilSudan · 137 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 26.4°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Wad Medani in AprilSudan · 166 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in AprilSudan · 239 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 8.6 mm rain
- El Obeid in AprilSudan · 265 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Khartoum in AprilSudan · 266 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.2 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 Kosti) is explained once on the Kosti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.