Wad Medani climate

Name: Wad Medani
Address: SD

Wad Medani is warmest in May, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 18 °C. August is the wettest month (64 mm) and December the driest (0.01 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Wad Medani averages 177 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 332,714 · 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 41 °C
Coldest month January 18 °C
Driest month December 0 mm
Wettest month August 64 mm
Least cloud November 13 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record January 9.2 °C

What to expectWad Medani through the year

Wad Medani has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 33 °C in January to 41 °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, 353 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 64 mm against 0 mm in December — 9,584 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	18 %
February	35.4 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
March	38.3 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
April	41.1 °C	1 mm	18 %
May	41.1 °C	10 mm	31 %
June	39.7 °C	14 mm	42 %
July	36.2 °C	51 mm	58 %
August	34.6 °C	64 mm	65 %
September	36.6 °C	28 mm	48 %
October	38.0 °C	9 mm	32 %
November	36.7 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
December	33.9 °C	under 1 mm	15 %

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	18.4 °C	25.2 °C	41.2 °C	9.2 °C	31	25
February	35.4 °C	20.1 °C	27.3 °C	42.8 °C	10.2 °C	28	26
March	38.3 °C	22.5 °C	30.3 °C	45.5 °C	14.5 °C	31	31
April	41.1 °C	25.5 °C	33.5 °C	45.4 °C	18.1 °C	30	30
May	41.1 °C	27.5 °C	34.4 °C	45.6 °C	21.0 °C	31	31
June	39.7 °C	27.7 °C	33.4 °C	45.5 °C	23.4 °C	30	30
July	36.2 °C	25.8 °C	30.4 °C	43.0 °C	22.1 °C	31	30
August	34.6 °C	24.7 °C	29.1 °C	40.8 °C	21.9 °C	31	30
September	36.6 °C	25.4 °C	30.6 °C	42.7 °C	21.7 °C	30	30
October	38.0 °C	25.7 °C	31.7 °C	43.2 °C	20.5 °C	31	31
November	36.7 °C	23.2 °C	29.8 °C	41.2 °C	16.0 °C	30	30
December	33.9 °C	19.9 °C	26.5 °C	40.8 °C	11.3 °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	18 %	26 %	18 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	18 %	20 %	19 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	18 %	14 %	19 km/h
April	1 mm	0	12 h/day	18 %	14 %	18 km/h
May	10 mm	3	13 h/day	31 %	25 %	17 km/h
June	14 mm	4	13 h/day	42 %	38 %	20 km/h
July	51 mm	10	13 h/day	58 %	54 %	20 km/h
August	64 mm	12	13 h/day	65 %	63 %	19 km/h
September	28 mm	5	12 h/day	48 %	55 %	16 km/h
October	9 mm	3	12 h/day	32 %	39 %	14 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	13 %	26 %	17 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	15 %	29 %	17 km/h

How Wad Medani 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
Wad Medani	41 °C	18 °C	177 mm	365
Singa · Sudan	41 °C	20 °C	335 mm	365
Kosti · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	224 mm	365
Khartoum · Sudan	41 °C	15 °C	65 mm	360
Al Qadarif · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	406 mm	365
Ad-Damazin · Sudan	38 °C	21 °C	506 mm	365
Kassala · Sudan	40 °C	17 °C	170 mm	365

Where Wad Medani ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa year-round	1stof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in the world year-round	1stof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Africa in May	2ndof 50	41 °C
The warmest places in Africa in November	2ndof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Africa in October	2ndof 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in November	2ndof 50	37 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Wad Medani’s climate

When is the best time to visit Wad Medani?

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 Wad Medani get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 353 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 18 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Wad Medani?

August, averaging 64 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is December with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 177 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 Wad Medani 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.