Kosti climate

Name: Kosti
Address: SD

Kosti is warmest in April, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 19 °C. August is the wettest month (67 mm) and February the driest (0.00 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kosti averages 224 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 345,068 · 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 41 °C
Coldest month January 19 °C
Driest month February 0 mm
Wettest month August 67 mm
Least cloud November 16 % cloud
Hottest on record April 46 °C
Coldest on record January 9.5 °C

What to expectKosti through the year

Kosti has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 41 °C in April, a swing of 7.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 350 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 67 mm against 0 mm in February — 20,086 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	33.0 °C	under 1 mm	20 %
February	35.5 °C	under 1 mm	20 %
March	38.4 °C	under 1 mm	23 %
April	40.5 °C	2 mm	23 %
May	39.7 °C	14 mm	37 %
June	37.9 °C	21 mm	48 %
July	34.4 °C	66 mm	65 %
August	32.8 °C	67 mm	71 %
September	34.9 °C	38 mm	56 %
October	36.8 °C	16 mm	38 %
November	36.5 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
December	33.8 °C	under 1 mm	17 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	33.0 °C	18.8 °C	25.5 °C	40.9 °C	9.5 °C	31	25
February	35.5 °C	20.6 °C	27.7 °C	43.2 °C	11.2 °C	28	27
March	38.4 °C	23.0 °C	30.6 °C	44.6 °C	15.4 °C	31	31
April	40.5 °C	25.4 °C	33.2 °C	45.9 °C	18.7 °C	30	30
May	39.7 °C	27.0 °C	33.4 °C	44.9 °C	21.8 °C	31	31
June	37.9 °C	26.7 °C	31.9 °C	44.2 °C	23.2 °C	30	30
July	34.4 °C	24.8 °C	29.2 °C	41.7 °C	21.5 °C	31	30
August	32.8 °C	24.0 °C	28.0 °C	39.7 °C	21.8 °C	31	28
September	34.9 °C	24.7 °C	29.4 °C	40.8 °C	21.5 °C	30	30
October	36.8 °C	25.2 °C	30.8 °C	42.9 °C	21.0 °C	31	31
November	36.5 °C	23.2 °C	29.7 °C	41.4 °C	15.6 °C	30	30
December	33.8 °C	20.0 °C	26.5 °C	40.2 °C	11.8 °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	20 %	25 %	18 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	20 %	19 %	19 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	23 %	14 %	19 km/h
April	2 mm	0	12 h/day	23 %	17 %	17 km/h
May	14 mm	4	13 h/day	37 %	33 %	18 km/h
June	21 mm	5	13 h/day	48 %	48 %	21 km/h
July	66 mm	11	13 h/day	65 %	61 %	20 km/h
August	67 mm	13	13 h/day	71 %	69 %	18 km/h
September	38 mm	8	12 h/day	56 %	62 %	16 km/h
October	16 mm	5	12 h/day	38 %	48 %	15 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	16 %	27 %	17 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	17 %	28 %	18 km/h

How Kosti 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
Kosti	41 °C	19 °C	224 mm	365
Singa · Sudan	41 °C	20 °C	335 mm	365
Wad Medani · Sudan	41 °C	18 °C	177 mm	365
Ad-Damazin · Sudan	38 °C	21 °C	506 mm	365
El Obeid · Sudan	38 °C	15 °C	213 mm	358
Khartoum · Sudan	41 °C	15 °C	65 mm	360
Al Qadarif · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	406 mm	365

Where Kosti ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in November	5th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in November	5th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa year-round	6th of 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world year-round	6th of 50	36 °C
The driest places in Africa in February	7th of 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in the world in February	7th of 50	0.00 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kosti’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kosti?

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

How hot does Kosti get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 350 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kosti?

August, averaging 67 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 224 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 Kosti 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: 13.163°, 32.663° (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.