Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyala 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 Nyala: daytime highs average 37.6°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gereida (91 km away). In May its highs average 38.2°C, 0.6°C warmer than Nyala, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Nyala ranks 17th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 16th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; Nyala is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 35.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 44 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Gereida in MaySudan · 91 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 26 mm rain
- El Daein in MaySudan · 150 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 26 mm rain
- El Fasher in MaySudan · 183 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in MaySudan · 307 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in MaySudan · 307 kmHigh 37.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 12 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MaySudan · 393 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Winejok in MaySouth Sudan · 448 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Abéché in MayChad · 481 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.0°C · 9.4 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.