Climate averages 1991–2020
Wad Medani weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Wad Medani: daytime highs average 41.1°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Manāqil (60 km away). In May its highs average 41.0°C, about as warm as Wad Medani, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Wad Medani ranks joint 2nd of 22 for the warmest May highs and joint 8th of 22 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 22 cities is 38.9°C; Wad Medani is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 39.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 16 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
Wad Medani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 41.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| May, selected | 41.1°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 11 | 3.3 | 12.813 h |
| June | 39.6°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 16 | 4.7 | 13.013 h |
| July | 36.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 54 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| August | 34.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 67 | 12.3 | 12.613 h |
| September | 36.6°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 28 | 6.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 38.0°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 10 | 3.1 | 11.812 h |
| November | 36.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.511 h |
| December | 34.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°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
- Al Manāqil in MaySudan · 60 kmHigh 41.0°C · Low 27.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Sennar in MaySudan · 93 kmHigh 40.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 18 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in MaySudan · 138 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 26.8°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Singa in MaySudan · 146 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 27.4°C · 22 mm rain
- Kosti in MaySudan · 166 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Khartoum in MaySudan · 166 kmHigh 40.7°C · Low 26.5°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in MaySudan · 205 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.6°C · 26 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in MaySudan · 304 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 45 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 Wad Medani) is explained once on the Wad Medani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.