Ad-Damazin climate

Name: Ad-Damazin
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Ad-Damazin is warmest in April, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. August is the wettest month (135 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ad-Damazin averages 506 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 186,051 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month April 38 °C
Coldest month January 21 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 135 mm
Least cloud December 18 % cloud
Hottest on record April 44 °C
Coldest on record January 13 °C

What to expectAd-Damazin through the year

Ad-Damazin has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 38 °C in April, a swing of 6.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 322 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in January to 135 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.5 °C	0 mm	21 %
February	34.5 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
March	36.9 °C	2 mm	28 %
April	37.9 °C	8 mm	35 %
May	36.3 °C	42 mm	51 %
June	34.0 °C	62 mm	62 %
July	31.5 °C	98 mm	73 %
August	30.2 °C	135 mm	76 %
September	31.5 °C	100 mm	63 %
October	33.2 °C	55 mm	49 %
November	34.8 °C	3 mm	23 %
December	33.1 °C	under 1 mm	18 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.5 °C	21.2 °C	27.0 °C	40.2 °C	13.2 °C	31	26
February	34.5 °C	22.9 °C	28.9 °C	42.3 °C	13.8 °C	28	27
March	36.9 °C	24.9 °C	31.2 °C	43.5 °C	18.4 °C	31	31
April	37.9 °C	26.9 °C	32.6 °C	43.9 °C	21.7 °C	30	30
May	36.3 °C	26.7 °C	31.2 °C	42.7 °C	22.8 °C	31	31
June	34.0 °C	25.2 °C	29.0 °C	39.6 °C	21.8 °C	30	29
July	31.5 °C	23.7 °C	27.0 °C	37.6 °C	20.9 °C	31	23
August	30.2 °C	23.1 °C	26.1 °C	37.2 °C	20.4 °C	31	15
September	31.5 °C	23.5 °C	27.0 °C	38.3 °C	21.2 °C	30	23
October	33.2 °C	24.0 °C	28.1 °C	38.9 °C	21.5 °C	31	29
November	34.8 °C	23.9 °C	29.4 °C	39.5 °C	16.9 °C	30	30
December	33.1 °C	22.3 °C	27.9 °C	39.4 °C	15.5 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	12 h/day	21 %	32 %	16 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	27 %	16 km/h
March	2 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	23 %	16 km/h
April	8 mm	2	12 h/day	35 %	31 %	17 km/h
May	42 mm	10	13 h/day	51 %	50 %	19 km/h
June	62 mm	14	13 h/day	62 %	61 %	19 km/h
July	98 mm	18	13 h/day	73 %	69 %	18 km/h
August	135 mm	21	13 h/day	76 %	77 %	15 km/h
September	100 mm	15	12 h/day	63 %	74 %	13 km/h
October	55 mm	12	12 h/day	49 %	66 %	13 km/h
November	3 mm	1	12 h/day	23 %	40 %	13 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	18 %	34 %	15 km/h

How Ad-Damazin compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Ad-Damazin	38 °C	21 °C	506 mm	365
Singa · Sudan	41 °C	20 °C	335 mm	365
Kosti · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	224 mm	365
Al Qadarif · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	406 mm	365
Wad Medani · Sudan	41 °C	18 °C	177 mm	365
Bahir Dar · Ethiopia	28 °C	14 °C	1,702 mm	154
Gonder · Ethiopia	27 °C	11 °C	1,916 mm	123

Where Ad-Damazin ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in January	13th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in January	13th of 50	0 mm
The warmest places in Africa in November	21st of 50	35 °C
The driest places in Africa in February	23rd of 50	0.07 mm
The driest places in the world in February	23rd of 50	0.07 mm
The driest places in Africa in December	25th of 50	0.02 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ad-Damazin’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ad-Damazin?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, April is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Ad-Damazin get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 322 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ad-Damazin?

August, averaging 135 mm over 21 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 506 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Ad-Damazin rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 11.789°, 34.359° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.