Climate averages 1991–2020
Kosti weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kosti: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ad Douiem (101 km away). In August its highs average 33.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kosti, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Kosti ranks 10th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Kosti is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ad Douiem in AugustSudan · 101 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Sennar in AugustSudan · 108 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in AugustSudan · 125 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Singa in AugustSudan · 137 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Wad Medani in AugustSudan · 166 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in AugustSudan · 239 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 143 mm rain
- El Obeid in AugustSudan · 265 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Khartoum in AugustSudan · 266 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 24 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.