Nyala climate

Name: Nyala
Address: SD

Nyala is warmest in April, with average highs of 38 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 16 °C. August is the wettest month (109 mm) and December the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nyala averages 355 mm of rain and 361 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 565,734 · 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 38 °C
Coldest month January 16 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 109 mm
Least cloud November 23 % cloud
Hottest on record March 42 °C
Coldest on record January 7.3 °C

What to expectNyala through the year

Nyala has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 38 °C in April, a swing of 8.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 361 days a year reach 25 °C, 298 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 42 °C, in March.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in December to 109 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.1 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
February	32.8 °C	under 1 mm	29 %
March	35.7 °C	under 1 mm	34 %
April	37.9 °C	2 mm	35 %
May	37.6 °C	17 mm	41 %
June	35.5 °C	42 mm	53 %
July	31.5 °C	96 mm	63 %
August	30.1 °C	109 mm	68 %
September	31.9 °C	68 mm	60 %
October	34.6 °C	20 mm	43 %
November	33.5 °C	under 1 mm	23 %
December	30.6 °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	30.1 °C	16.0 °C	22.6 °C	38.4 °C	7.3 °C	29	16
February	32.8 °C	18.2 °C	25.1 °C	40.8 °C	9.3 °C	28	22
March	35.7 °C	21.3 °C	28.2 °C	41.7 °C	12.9 °C	31	30
April	37.9 °C	23.6 °C	30.6 °C	41.6 °C	17.0 °C	30	30
May	37.6 °C	24.5 °C	31.0 °C	41.7 °C	18.2 °C	31	31
June	35.5 °C	24.2 °C	29.3 °C	41.1 °C	20.4 °C	30	30
July	31.5 °C	22.5 °C	26.3 °C	39.0 °C	18.8 °C	31	23
August	30.1 °C	21.7 °C	25.4 °C	35.2 °C	19.5 °C	31	16
September	31.9 °C	22.0 °C	26.4 °C	38.4 °C	19.0 °C	30	24
October	34.6 °C	22.3 °C	28.1 °C	38.2 °C	18.2 °C	31	30
November	33.5 °C	20.5 °C	26.5 °C	37.6 °C	13.0 °C	30	28
December	30.6 °C	16.9 °C	23.3 °C	36.8 °C	9.0 °C	30	18

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	28 %	18 %	23 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	29 %	14 %	24 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	34 %	12 %	23 km/h
April	2 mm	0	12 h/day	35 %	15 %	20 km/h
May	17 mm	4	13 h/day	41 %	32 %	17 km/h
June	42 mm	10	13 h/day	53 %	54 %	17 km/h
July	96 mm	18	13 h/day	63 %	71 %	17 km/h
August	109 mm	18	13 h/day	68 %	77 %	14 km/h
September	68 mm	13	12 h/day	60 %	71 %	13 km/h
October	20 mm	4	12 h/day	43 %	42 %	16 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	23 %	20 %	22 km/h
December	0 mm	0	11 h/day	24 %	20 %	23 km/h

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

Where Nyala ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in December	5th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in December	5th of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in February	6th of 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in the world in February	6th of 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in Africa in November	19th of 50	0.2 mm
The driest places in the world in November	20th of 50	0.2 mm

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QuestionsCommon questions about Nyala’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nyala?

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

How hot does Nyala get?

In April, the warmest month, daily highs average 38 °C. About 298 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 16 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Nyala?

August, averaging 109 mm over 18 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 355 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 Nyala 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: 12.049°, 24.881° (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.