El Fasher climate

Name: El Fasher
Address: SD

El Fasher is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 11 °C. August is the wettest month (96 mm) and February the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year El Fasher averages 202 mm of rain and 355 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 252,609 · 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 May 38 °C
Coldest month January 11 °C
Driest month February 0 mm
Wettest month August 96 mm
Least cloud November 17 % cloud
Hottest on record April 42 °C
Coldest on record January 3.8 °C

What to expectEl Fasher through the year

El Fasher has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 28 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 11 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 355 days a year reach 25 °C, 295 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in February to 96 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.3 °C	under 1 mm	23 %
February	31.1 °C	0 mm	24 %
March	34.2 °C	under 1 mm	26 %
April	36.9 °C	under 1 mm	24 %
May	37.8 °C	4 mm	29 %
June	37.4 °C	9 mm	39 %
July	34.6 °C	65 mm	53 %
August	32.2 °C	96 mm	58 %
September	35.0 °C	23 mm	46 %
October	35.3 °C	4 mm	29 %
November	31.9 °C	0 mm	17 %
December	28.8 °C	0 mm	20 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.3 °C	11.3 °C	19.7 °C	37.2 °C	3.8 °C	25	10
February	31.1 °C	13.6 °C	22.4 °C	39.4 °C	4.7 °C	27	17
March	34.2 °C	17.0 °C	25.8 °C	41.3 °C	7.7 °C	31	28
April	36.9 °C	20.5 °C	29.1 °C	41.9 °C	11.9 °C	30	30
May	37.8 °C	22.9 °C	30.7 °C	41.8 °C	16.8 °C	31	31
June	37.4 °C	23.7 °C	30.7 °C	41.7 °C	18.0 °C	30	30
July	34.6 °C	23.3 °C	28.4 °C	39.9 °C	19.5 °C	31	29
August	32.2 °C	22.1 °C	26.6 °C	38.5 °C	19.2 °C	31	25
September	35.0 °C	22.3 °C	28.4 °C	39.3 °C	18.1 °C	30	29
October	35.3 °C	21.6 °C	28.5 °C	39.2 °C	14.1 °C	31	31
November	31.9 °C	16.5 °C	24.2 °C	36.8 °C	8.2 °C	30	25
December	28.8 °C	12.2 °C	20.4 °C	35.4 °C	5.3 °C	28	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	23 %	21 %	15 km/h
February	0 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	16 %	16 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	26 %	13 %	17 km/h
April	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	12 %	18 km/h
May	4 mm	2	13 h/day	29 %	20 %	17 km/h
June	9 mm	2	13 h/day	39 %	34 %	17 km/h
July	65 mm	11	13 h/day	53 %	55 %	16 km/h
August	96 mm	16	13 h/day	58 %	67 %	14 km/h
September	23 mm	5	12 h/day	46 %	48 %	15 km/h
October	4 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	26 %	17 km/h
November	0 mm	0	12 h/day	17 %	22 %	15 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	20 %	23 %	14 km/h

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

Where El Fasher ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in November	2nd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in November	2nd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in February	3rd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in February	3rd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in March	4th of 50	0.05 mm
The driest places in the world in March	4th of 50	0.05 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit El Fasher.

QuestionsCommon questions about El Fasher’s climate

When is the best time to visit El Fasher?

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, May is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does El Fasher get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 295 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in El Fasher?

August, averaging 96 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is February with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 202 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 Fasher 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: 13.628°, 25.349° (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.