Climate averages 1991–2020

Nyala weather
in September.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.8°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 22.0°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 72 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Nyala · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Nyala: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gereida (91 km away). In September its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Nyala, with 88 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Nyala ranks joint 17th of 22 for the warmest September highs and 18th of 22 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 22 cities is 34.7°C; Nyala is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 20 mm.

The annual picture

September in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

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
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.1°C16.0°C16.0°C00.011.512 h
February 32.8°C18.2°C18.2°C00.011.712 h
March 35.8°C21.2°C21.2°C0.50.212.112 h
April 37.9°C23.5°C23.5°C1.80.412.412 h
May 37.6°C24.5°C24.5°C194.612.713 h
June 35.4°C24.1°C24.1°C4411.212.813 h
July 31.3°C22.4°C22.4°C10018.712.813 h
August 30.1°C21.7°C21.7°C10918.712.513 h
September, selected 31.8°C22.0°C22.0°C7213.612.212 h
October 34.7°C22.3°C22.3°C204.511.912 h
November 33.5°C20.5°C20.5°C0.20.011.612 h
December 30.6°C16.9°C16.9°C00.011.411 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

September 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.