Al-Junaynah climate

Name: Al-Junaynah
Address: SD

Al-Junaynah is warmest in April, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. August is the wettest month (224 mm) and December the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Al-Junaynah averages 516 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 162,981 · 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 37 °C
Coldest month January 13 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 224 mm
Least cloud November 22 % cloud
Hottest on record May 41 °C
Coldest on record January 4.6 °C

What to expectAl-Junaynah through the year

Al-Junaynah has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 37 °C in April, a swing of 9.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 279 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in December to 224 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.9 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
February	32.6 °C	under 1 mm	25 %
March	35.4 °C	under 1 mm	30 %
April	37.3 °C	3 mm	30 %
May	37.1 °C	11 mm	34 %
June	35.5 °C	34 mm	45 %
July	30.7 °C	169 mm	63 %
August	28.8 °C	224 mm	73 %
September	31.2 °C	65 mm	55 %
October	33.5 °C	10 mm	33 %
November	32.2 °C	under 1 mm	22 %
December	30.2 °C	0 mm	23 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.9 °C	13.1 °C	21.0 °C	37.1 °C	4.6 °C	28	17
February	32.6 °C	15.5 °C	23.6 °C	39.3 °C	7.7 °C	28	22
March	35.4 °C	18.6 °C	26.8 °C	40.2 °C	10.2 °C	31	30
April	37.3 °C	21.4 °C	29.5 °C	40.7 °C	15.0 °C	30	30
May	37.1 °C	22.6 °C	30.0 °C	41.2 °C	18.4 °C	31	31
June	35.5 °C	22.3 °C	28.7 °C	40.6 °C	17.4 °C	30	30
July	30.7 °C	21.1 °C	25.2 °C	38.7 °C	18.0 °C	31	17
August	28.8 °C	20.3 °C	23.8 °C	34.7 °C	17.1 °C	31	6
September	31.2 °C	20.0 °C	25.0 °C	37.6 °C	15.8 °C	30	21
October	33.5 °C	20.0 °C	26.4 °C	38.4 °C	14.9 °C	31	30
November	32.2 °C	17.3 °C	24.4 °C	36.2 °C	9.5 °C	30	27
December	30.2 °C	13.8 °C	21.5 °C	35.3 °C	6.8 °C	30	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	24 %	20 %	19 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	25 %	16 %	19 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	13 %	19 km/h
April	3 mm	1	12 h/day	30 %	16 %	18 km/h
May	11 mm	3	13 h/day	34 %	28 %	16 km/h
June	34 mm	7	13 h/day	45 %	47 %	15 km/h
July	169 mm	21	13 h/day	63 %	74 %	14 km/h
August	224 mm	24	13 h/day	73 %	83 %	12 km/h
September	65 mm	10	12 h/day	55 %	70 %	12 km/h
October	10 mm	2	12 h/day	33 %	38 %	15 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	22 %	23 %	18 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	23 %	22 %	18 km/h

How Al-Junaynah 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
Al-Junaynah	37 °C	13 °C	516 mm	360
Nyala · Sudan	38 °C	16 °C	355 mm	361
El Fasher · Sudan	38 °C	11 °C	202 mm	355
El Daein · Sudan	39 °C	17 °C	383 mm	364

Where Al-Junaynah ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in December	13thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	13thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in February	14thof 50	0.03 mm
The driest places in the world in February	14thof 50	0.03 mm
The driest places in Africa in November	17thof 50	0.2 mm
The driest places in the world in November	18thof 50	0.2 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Al-Junaynah.

QuestionsCommon questions about Al-Junaynah’s climate

When is the best time to visit Al-Junaynah?

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

How hot does Al-Junaynah get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 279 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 41 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Al-Junaynah?

August, averaging 224 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 516 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 Al-Junaynah 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
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.