El Obeid climate

Name: El Obeid
Address: SD

El Obeid is warmest in May, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. August is the wettest month (71 mm) and February the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year El Obeid averages 213 mm of rain and 358 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 393,311 · 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 15 °C
Driest month February 0 mm
Wettest month August 71 mm
Least cloud November 16 % cloud
Hottest on record April 43 °C
Coldest on record January 6.2 °C

What to expectEl Obeid through the year

El Obeid has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in January to 38 °C in May, a swing of 10 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 358 days a year reach 25 °C, 309 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in April.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in February to 71 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.0 °C	under 1 mm	23 %
February	31.6 °C	0 mm	22 %
March	35.0 °C	under 1 mm	23 %
April	38.0 °C	1 mm	23 %
May	38.5 °C	10 mm	33 %
June	37.0 °C	21 mm	45 %
July	33.9 °C	59 mm	58 %
August	32.4 °C	71 mm	64 %
September	34.4 °C	40 mm	52 %
October	36.0 °C	10 mm	35 %
November	33.2 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
December	29.8 °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	29.0 °C	14.8 °C	21.5 °C	39.4 °C	6.2 °C	26	12
February	31.6 °C	16.8 °C	23.9 °C	40.7 °C	8.1 °C	27	18
March	35.0 °C	19.8 °C	27.2 °C	42.5 °C	12.1 °C	31	29
April	38.0 °C	22.7 °C	30.4 °C	42.7 °C	15.2 °C	30	30
May	38.5 °C	24.9 °C	31.7 °C	42.6 °C	18.9 °C	31	31
June	37.0 °C	25.3 °C	30.7 °C	42.0 °C	18.2 °C	30	30
July	33.9 °C	24.1 °C	28.3 °C	39.7 °C	20.9 °C	31	30
August	32.4 °C	23.2 °C	27.2 °C	38.6 °C	20.9 °C	31	28
September	34.4 °C	23.5 °C	28.4 °C	39.3 °C	19.5 °C	30	29
October	36.0 °C	23.6 °C	29.6 °C	39.8 °C	17.5 °C	31	31
November	33.2 °C	19.8 °C	26.2 °C	38.5 °C	12.1 °C	30	27
December	29.8 °C	15.9 °C	22.4 °C	36.7 °C	8.3 °C	29	15

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 %	24 %	20 km/h
February	0 mm	0	12 h/day	22 %	18 %	21 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	23 %	13 %	21 km/h
April	1 mm	0	12 h/day	23 %	14 %	19 km/h
May	10 mm	3	13 h/day	33 %	28 %	18 km/h
June	21 mm	6	13 h/day	45 %	46 %	21 km/h
July	59 mm	12	13 h/day	58 %	61 %	22 km/h
August	71 mm	14	13 h/day	64 %	68 %	19 km/h
September	40 mm	8	12 h/day	52 %	61 %	17 km/h
October	10 mm	2	12 h/day	35 %	38 %	17 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	16 %	24 %	19 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	18 %	27 %	19 km/h

How El Obeid 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 Obeid	38 °C	15 °C	213 mm	358
Kosti · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	224 mm	365
Khartoum · Sudan	41 °C	15 °C	65 mm	360
Wad Medani · Sudan	41 °C	18 °C	177 mm	365
Singa · Sudan	41 °C	20 °C	335 mm	365
Malakal · South Sudan	39 °C	22 °C	781 mm	365
Ad-Damazin · Sudan	38 °C	21 °C	506 mm	365

Where El Obeid ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in February	1stof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in February	1stof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in March	10thof 50	0.1 mm
The driest places in the world in March	10thof 50	0.1 mm
The driest places in Africa in November	11thof 50	0.05 mm
The driest places in the world in November	11thof 50	0.05 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about El Obeid’s climate

When is the best time to visit El Obeid?

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 Obeid get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 309 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 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in El Obeid?

August, averaging 71 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is February with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 213 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 Obeid 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.