Climate averages 1991–2020
Sennar weather
in December.
A very hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a very hot month in Sennar: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singa (61 km away). In December its highs average 34.9°C, about as warm as Sennar, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Sennar ranks 4th of 22 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 31.9°C; Sennar is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Singa in DecemberSudan · 61 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Wad Medani in DecemberSudan · 93 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in DecemberSudan · 98 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Kosti in DecemberSudan · 108 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in DecemberSudan · 144 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in DecemberSudan · 203 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in DecemberSudan · 216 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Khartoum in DecemberSudan · 247 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 0 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.