Climate averages 1991–2020

Singa 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.

Average high 31.8°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 23.5°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 117 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Singa · average highYear overview

August is a hot month in Singa: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 18 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 Sennar (61 km away). In August its highs average 33.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Singa, with 95 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Singa ranks 13th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Singa is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 57 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 15202530354045 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Singa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Singa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 34.1°C20.0°C20.0°C00.011.411 h
February 36.4°C21.6°C21.6°C00.011.712 h
March 39.1°C23.9°C23.9°C0.70.212.112 h
April 41.0°C26.4°C26.4°C2.50.812.412 h
May 39.7°C27.4°C27.4°C225.612.713 h
June 37.5°C26.5°C26.5°C399.412.913 h
July 33.9°C24.5°C24.5°C9117.012.813 h
August, selected 31.8°C23.5°C23.5°C11717.712.613 h
September 34.0°C24.0°C24.0°C5711.112.212 h
October 36.2°C24.8°C24.8°C256.911.812 h
November 37.1°C23.9°C23.9°C0.70.311.512 h
December 34.9°C21.3°C21.3°C00.011.411 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

Distance from Singa

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Singa) is explained once on the Singa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.