Climate averages 1991–2020
Sennar weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sennar: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singa (61 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Sennar, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Sennar ranks joint 8th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Sennar is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 35.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Singa in AugustSudan · 61 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 117 mm rain
- Wad Medani in AugustSudan · 93 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in AugustSudan · 98 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Kosti in AugustSudan · 108 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in AugustSudan · 144 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in AugustSudan · 203 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in AugustSudan · 216 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Khartoum in AugustSudan · 247 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 24 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.