El Daein climate

Name: El Daein
Address: SD

El Daein is warmest in April, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. August is the wettest month (113 mm) and February the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year El Daein averages 383 mm of rain and 364 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 264,734 · 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 39 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month February 0 mm
Wettest month August 113 mm
Least cloud November 24 % cloud
Hottest on record March 43 °C
Coldest on record January 7.9 °C

What to expectEl Daein through the year

El Daein has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 32 °C in January to 39 °C in April, a swing of 7.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 364 days a year reach 25 °C, 329 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in March.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in February to 113 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	31.8 °C	under 1 mm	30 %
February	34.5 °C	0 mm	31 %
March	37.5 °C	1 mm	34 %
April	39.3 °C	3 mm	38 %
May	38.3 °C	25 mm	45 %
June	35.6 °C	46 mm	56 %
July	32.4 °C	90 mm	66 %
August	31.1 °C	113 mm	71 %
September	32.6 °C	76 mm	62 %
October	35.1 °C	29 mm	47 %
November	35.2 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
December	32.3 °C	0 mm	24 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	31.8 °C	16.8 °C	24.0 °C	40.7 °C	7.9 °C	30	21
February	34.5 °C	19.0 °C	26.5 °C	42.3 °C	10.5 °C	28	25
March	37.5 °C	21.8 °C	29.6 °C	43.1 °C	13.9 °C	31	31
April	39.3 °C	23.7 °C	31.7 °C	43.1 °C	15.2 °C	30	30
May	38.3 °C	24.9 °C	31.7 °C	42.6 °C	18.6 °C	31	31
June	35.6 °C	24.8 °C	29.9 °C	41.5 °C	19.7 °C	30	30
July	32.4 °C	23.3 °C	27.4 °C	40.1 °C	19.1 °C	31	27
August	31.1 °C	22.6 °C	26.4 °C	36.6 °C	19.9 °C	31	23
September	32.6 °C	23.0 °C	27.3 °C	38.8 °C	18.3 °C	30	27
October	35.1 °C	22.9 °C	28.8 °C	39.2 °C	17.7 °C	31	30
November	35.2 °C	21.2 °C	28.0 °C	39.4 °C	14.1 °C	30	30
December	32.3 °C	17.9 °C	24.7 °C	38.6 °C	9.6 °C	31	25

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	18 %	18 km/h
February	0 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	14 %	19 km/h
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	34 %	12 %	18 km/h
April	3 mm	1	12 h/day	38 %	18 %	16 km/h
May	25 mm	5	13 h/day	45 %	37 %	14 km/h
June	46 mm	10	13 h/day	56 %	56 %	14 km/h
July	90 mm	15	13 h/day	66 %	69 %	14 km/h
August	113 mm	17	13 h/day	71 %	75 %	13 km/h
September	76 mm	13	12 h/day	62 %	71 %	11 km/h
October	29 mm	6	12 h/day	47 %	49 %	12 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	21 %	16 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	24 %	20 %	18 km/h

How El Daein 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
El Daein	39 °C	17 °C	383 mm	364
Nyala · Sudan	38 °C	16 °C	355 mm	361
El Fasher · Sudan	38 °C	11 °C	202 mm	355
Winejok · South Sudan	39 °C	22 °C	786 mm	365
Al-Junaynah · Sudan	37 °C	13 °C	516 mm	360
El Obeid · Sudan	38 °C	15 °C	213 mm	358
Malakal · South Sudan	39 °C	22 °C	781 mm	365

Where El Daein ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in February	2nd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in February	2nd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in December	10th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	10th of 50	0 mm
The warmest places in Africa year-round	15th of 50	35 °C
The warmest places in Africa in November	16th of 50	35 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about El Daein’s climate

When is the best time to visit El Daein?

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

How hot does El Daein get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 329 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in El Daein?

August, averaging 113 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is February with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 383 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 El Daein 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: 11.462°, 26.126° (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.