Kassala climate

Name: Kassala
Address: SD

Kassala is warmest in May, with average highs of 40 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 17 °C. August is the wettest month (69 mm) and December the driest (0.05 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kassala averages 170 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 401,477 · 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 40 °C
Coldest month January 17 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 69 mm
Least cloud November 11 % cloud
Hottest on record May 45 °C
Coldest on record February 8.1 °C

What to expectKassala through the year

Kassala has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 40 °C in May, a swing of 9.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 351 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 69 mm against 0 mm in December — 1,468 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.7 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
February	34.7 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
March	37.2 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
April	40.0 °C	1 mm	17 %
May	40.4 °C	7 mm	27 %
June	39.1 °C	9 mm	33 %
July	35.1 °C	56 mm	51 %
August	33.3 °C	69 mm	56 %
September	36.2 °C	23 mm	35 %
October	37.7 °C	4 mm	24 %
November	36.3 °C	1 mm	11 %
December	33.7 °C	under 1 mm	14 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.7 °C	17.3 °C	24.6 °C	39.6 °C	10.1 °C	31	25
February	34.7 °C	18.1 °C	26.1 °C	42.1 °C	8.1 °C	28	26
March	37.2 °C	20.2 °C	28.8 °C	44.3 °C	12.2 °C	31	31
April	40.0 °C	24.0 °C	32.3 °C	44.6 °C	16.7 °C	30	30
May	40.4 °C	26.7 °C	33.8 °C	44.8 °C	20.5 °C	31	31
June	39.1 °C	26.7 °C	32.7 °C	43.8 °C	22.6 °C	30	30
July	35.1 °C	24.8 °C	29.4 °C	41.6 °C	21.2 °C	31	29
August	33.3 °C	23.7 °C	27.9 °C	39.7 °C	21.1 °C	31	28
September	36.2 °C	24.6 °C	30.0 °C	42.3 °C	20.1 °C	30	30
October	37.7 °C	24.9 °C	31.3 °C	41.8 °C	20.0 °C	31	31
November	36.3 °C	22.2 °C	29.2 °C	40.0 °C	14.2 °C	30	30
December	33.7 °C	18.9 °C	26.0 °C	39.0 °C	11.6 °C	31	29

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	17 %	47 %	17 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	16 %	43 %	18 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	15 %	33 %	19 km/h
April	1 mm	0	12 h/day	17 %	27 %	18 km/h
May	7 mm	2	13 h/day	27 %	27 %	18 km/h
June	9 mm	2	13 h/day	33 %	37 %	22 km/h
July	56 mm	11	13 h/day	51 %	57 %	23 km/h
August	69 mm	12	13 h/day	56 %	66 %	21 km/h
September	23 mm	6	12 h/day	35 %	54 %	17 km/h
October	4 mm	1	12 h/day	24 %	37 %	15 km/h
November	1 mm	0	11 h/day	11 %	40 %	16 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	14 %	48 %	16 km/h

How Kassala 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
Kassala	40 °C	17 °C	170 mm	365
Al Qadarif · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	406 mm	365
Asmara · Eritrea	25 °C	9.5 °C	763 mm	43
Wad Medani · Sudan	41 °C	18 °C	177 mm	365
Gonder · Ethiopia	27 °C	11 °C	1,916 mm	123
Singa · Sudan	41 °C	20 °C	335 mm	365

Where Kassala ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in October	3rd of 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in October	3rd of 50	38 °C
The warmest places in Africa year-round	4th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world year-round	4th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in May	6th of 50	40 °C
The warmest places in Africa in June	7th of 50	39 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kassala.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kassala’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kassala?

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 December the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kassala get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 40 °C. About 351 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 45 °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 Kassala?

August, averaging 69 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 170 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 Kassala 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: 15.451°, 36.400° (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.