Climate averages 1991–2020
Kosti weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Kosti: daytime highs average 36.8°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ad Douiem (101 km away). In October its highs average 37.0°C, about as warm as Kosti, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Kosti ranks 9th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; Kosti is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 36.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ad Douiem in OctoberSudan · 101 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Sennar in OctoberSudan · 108 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in OctoberSudan · 125 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Singa in OctoberSudan · 137 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Wad Medani in OctoberSudan · 166 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in OctoberSudan · 239 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 60 mm rain
- El Obeid in OctoberSudan · 265 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Khartoum in OctoberSudan · 266 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 3.7 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.