Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyala 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 Nyala: daytime highs average 37.9°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.8 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 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gereida (91 km away). In April its highs average 39.2°C, 1.2°C warmer than Nyala, with 3.6 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Nyala ranks 17th of 22 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 38.8°C; Nyala is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 37.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.8 mm to 19 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
Nyala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 35.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 37.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 19 | 4.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 44 | 11.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 100 | 18.7 | 12.813 h |
| August | 30.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 109 | 18.7 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 72 | 13.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 20 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°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
- Gereida in AprilSudan · 91 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 3.6 mm rain
- El Daein in AprilSudan · 150 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 2.9 mm rain
- El Fasher in AprilSudan · 183 kmHigh 36.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in AprilSudan · 307 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 2.6 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in AprilSudan · 307 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in AprilSudan · 393 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Winejok in AprilSouth Sudan · 448 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Abéché in AprilChad · 481 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 25.2°C · 1.6 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 Nyala) is explained once on the Nyala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.