Climate averages 1991–2020

Nyala weather
in March.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 35.8°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a very hot month in Nyala: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°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 5th 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 Gereida (91 km away). In March its highs average 37.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Nyala, with 1.1 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Nyala ranks 13th of 22 for the warmest March highs and joint 14th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 36.4°C; Nyala is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 37.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.8 mm.

The annual picture

March in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Nyala, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Nyala

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 limits

How 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.