Climate averages 1991–2020
Singa weather
in December.
A very hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a very hot month in Singa: daytime highs average 34.9°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical December (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sennar (61 km away). In December its highs average 34.4°C, about as warm as Singa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Singa ranks joint 2nd 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; Singa is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 34.1°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
Singa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 36.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 41.0°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.7°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 22 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.5°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 39 | 9.4 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 91 | 17.0 | 12.813 h |
| August | 31.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 117 | 17.7 | 12.613 h |
| September | 34.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 57 | 11.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 25 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 37.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| December, selected | 34.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
December in nearby cities
- Sennar in DecemberSudan · 61 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Kosti in DecemberSudan · 137 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Wad Medani in DecemberSudan · 146 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in DecemberSudan · 158 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in DecemberSudan · 159 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in DecemberSudan · 185 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in DecemberSudan · 199 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Khartoum in DecemberSudan · 307 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 Singa) is explained once on the Singa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.