Climate averages 1991–2020
Sennar weather
in May.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Sennar: daytime highs average 40.4°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 45 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singa (61 km away). In May its highs average 39.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Sennar, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Sennar ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest May highs and 15th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; Sennar is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 38.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Singa in MaySudan · 61 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 27.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Wad Medani in MaySudan · 93 kmHigh 41.1°C · Low 27.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in MaySudan · 98 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Kosti in MaySudan · 108 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in MaySudan · 144 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in MaySudan · 203 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in MaySudan · 216 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Khartoum in MaySudan · 247 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 3.2 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.