Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyala weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of 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 Nyala: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gereida (91 km away). In August its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Nyala, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Nyala ranks 18th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Nyala is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 72 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gereida in AugustSudan · 91 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 131 mm rain
- El Daein in AugustSudan · 150 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 110 mm rain
- El Fasher in AugustSudan · 183 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in AugustSudan · 307 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 231 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in AugustSudan · 307 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 231 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in AugustSudan · 393 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Winejok in AugustSouth Sudan · 448 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Abéché in AugustChad · 481 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 207 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.