Climate averages 1991–2020
Kosti weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Kosti: daytime highs average 38.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical March (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ad Douiem (101 km away). In March its highs average 35.6°C, 2.8°C cooler than Kosti, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Kosti ranks 5th of 22 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 36.4°C; Kosti is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 40.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.6 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ad Douiem in MarchSudan · 101 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Sennar in MarchSudan · 108 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in MarchSudan · 125 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Singa in MarchSudan · 137 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Wad Medani in MarchSudan · 166 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in MarchSudan · 239 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 2.2 mm rain
- El Obeid in MarchSudan · 265 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khartoum in MarchSudan · 266 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 19.7°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 Kosti) is explained once on the Kosti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.