Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyala 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 Nyala: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 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 52 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gereida (91 km away). In October its highs average 34.8°C, about as warm as Nyala, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Nyala ranks 17th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; Nyala is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Gereida in OctoberSudan · 91 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 32 mm rain
- El Daein in OctoberSudan · 150 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- El Fasher in OctoberSudan · 183 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Al-Junaynah in OctoberSudan · 307 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 11 mm rain
- El Geneina Fort in OctoberSudan · 307 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 11 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in OctoberSudan · 393 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 16 mm rain
- Winejok in OctoberSouth Sudan · 448 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Abéché in OctoberChad · 481 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 6.2 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.