Climate averages 1991–2020
Kosti weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kosti: daytime highs average 39.7°C and nights cool to about 26.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ad Douiem (101 km away). In May its highs average 39.3°C, about as warm as Kosti, with 9.1 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Kosti ranks joint 8th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; Kosti is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 37.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ad Douiem in MaySudan · 101 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Sennar in MaySudan · 108 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in MaySudan · 125 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Singa in MaySudan · 137 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 27.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Wad Medani in MaySudan · 166 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in MaySudan · 239 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 45 mm rain
- El Obeid in MaySudan · 265 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Khartoum in MaySudan · 266 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 3.2 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.