Climate averages 1991–2020
Sennar weather
in April.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Sennar: daytime highs average 41.1°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singa (61 km away). In April its highs average 41.0°C, about as warm as Sennar, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Sennar ranks joint 1st of 22 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 38.8°C; Sennar is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 40.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 18 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Sennar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 41.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 1.9 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.4°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 38.4°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 27 | 7.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 73 | 15.5 | 12.813 h |
| August | 33.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 95 | 16.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 35.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 50 | 11.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 37.1°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 23 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| November | 37.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.512 h |
| December | 34.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 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
April in nearby cities
- Singa in AprilSudan · 61 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 26.4°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Wad Medani in AprilSudan · 93 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in AprilSudan · 98 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Kosti in AprilSudan · 108 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 25.4°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in AprilSudan · 144 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in AprilSudan · 203 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in AprilSudan · 216 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 8.6 mm rain
- Khartoum in AprilSudan · 247 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 0.2 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 Sennar) is explained once on the Sennar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.