Climate averages 1991–2020
Singa weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Singa: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sennar (61 km away). In January its highs average 33.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Singa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Singa ranks 3rd of 22 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 31.1°C; Singa is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 36.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Sennar in JanuarySudan · 61 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kosti in JanuarySudan · 137 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Wad Medani in JanuarySudan · 146 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in JanuarySudan · 158 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in JanuarySudan · 159 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in JanuarySudan · 185 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in JanuarySudan · 199 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.2°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Khartoum in JanuarySudan · 307 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 15.1°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.