Climate averages 1991–2020
Sennar weather
in October.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a very hot month in Sennar: daytime highs average 37.1°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Singa (61 km away). In October its highs average 36.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Sennar, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Sennar ranks 7th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 16th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; Sennar is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 37.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 23 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Singa in OctoberSudan · 61 kmHigh 36.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Wad Medani in OctoberSudan · 93 kmHigh 38.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 10 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in OctoberSudan · 98 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 25.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Kosti in OctoberSudan · 108 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in OctoberSudan · 144 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in OctoberSudan · 203 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in OctoberSudan · 216 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Khartoum in OctoberSudan · 247 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 3.7 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.