Bahri climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bahri?

Bahri has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.8 °C and it receives 100 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bahri?

The hottest day measured in Bahri between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2004, reaching 45.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bahri?

The coldest day measured in Bahri between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1951, at 6.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bahri?

Almost never: Bahri sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bahri warmed?

Yes: Bahri warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bahri?

The wettest day measured in Bahri between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1950, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bahri?

The windiest day measured in Bahri between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, with winds reaching 55.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bahri?

The warmest month in Bahri is June (33.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bahri?

Bahri receives on average 100 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 21 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bahri?

Bahri gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bahri (Sudan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.8 °C and it receives 100 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is June (33.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (21.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Bahri averages 0 frost days, 315 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 21 rainy days per year.

Bahri has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.9 °C (on 11 May 2004) and the coldest 6.4 °C (on 24 December 1951).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BahriKhartoum State

coords: 15.65°, 32.53°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthJuneColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.8°C

Average daily high

35.6°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

100mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

31%

Average peak wind

23.7km/h

Seasonal range

11.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

315 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

21 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.3 °C

Average feels-like low

19.9 °C

Average peak gust

39.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

254 d/yr

Solar radiation

23.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

45.9 °C

11 May 2004

Coldest day

6.4 °C

24 December 1951

Wettest day

60 mm

1 June 1950

Windiest day

55.5 km/h

14 June 1967

Strongest gust

83.9 km/h

14 June 1967

Hottest feels-like

47.6 °C

7 May 1953

Coldest feels-like

0.1 °C

4 January 1942

Sunniest day

12.3 h

17 May 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	45.4 °C13 June 2025	10.8 °C21 December 2025	30.1 °C	35 mm	333
2024	45.0 °C13 May 2024	10.8 °C2 February 2024	29.8 °C	82 mm	325
2023	44.7 °C26 May 2023	12.1 °C10 January 2023	30.7 °C	17 mm	330
2022	44.6 °C15 May 2022	8.7 °C20 January 2022	29.6 °C	24 mm	320
2021	45.0 °C1 June 2021	11.4 °C31 December 2021	30.2 °C	23 mm	330
2020	44.1 °C14 May 2020	9.7 °C24 January 2020	29.4 °C	27 mm	321
2019	44.5 °C7 May 2019	12.1 °C30 December 2019	29.8 °C	127 mm	331
2018	45.4 °C5 May 2018	11.4 °C5 January 2018	29.7 °C	55 mm	322
2017	44.0 °C11 May 2017	12.5 °C18 February 2017	30.3 °C	27 mm	342
2016	45.3 °C3 June 2016	8.7 °C28 January 2016	30.3 °C	22 mm	324
2015	44.6 °C4 June 2015	7.5 °C11 January 2015	30.2 °C	16 mm	315
2014	44.0 °C4 June 2014	12.4 °C11 January 2014	29.9 °C	58 mm	327
2013	44.8 °C30 May 2013	11.2 °C13 December 2013	30.0 °C	44 mm	335
2012	44.1 °C15 May 2012	12.1 °C14 January 2012	29.8 °C	28 mm	321
2011	44.1 °C7 May 2011	11.8 °C20 January 2011	29.6 °C	19 mm	325
2010	45.0 °C2 June 2010	11.8 °C7 February 2010	30.7 °C	23 mm	345
2009	45.2 °C25 April 2009	13.2 °C11 December 2009	30.3 °C	23 mm	337
2008	44.1 °C13 May 2008	10.4 °C31 January 2008	30.0 °C	28 mm	330
2007	44.4 °C5 May 2007	10.9 °C22 January 2007	29.3 °C	139 mm	319
2006	44.2 °C1 May 2006	8.0 °C29 December 2006	29.5 °C	42 mm	322
2005	44.7 °C6 June 2005	10.6 °C8 January 2005	29.8 °C	56 mm	337
2004	45.9 °C11 May 2004	10.8 °C6 February 2004	29.7 °C	27 mm	326
2003	45.7 °C7 April 2003	12.3 °C4 January 2003	29.5 °C	109 mm	331
2002	44.7 °C26 May 2002	8.5 °C11 January 2002	29.5 °C	35 mm	316
2001	44.2 °C14 May 2001	11.7 °C24 January 2001	29.4 °C	50 mm	323
2000	44.2 °C23 May 2000	9.1 °C30 January 2000	29.3 °C	26 mm	317
1999	44.6 °C20 June 1999	10.7 °C9 January 1999	29.7 °C	57 mm	344
1998	45.1 °C25 May 1998	9.3 °C14 January 1998	29.2 °C	108 mm	310
1997	43.5 °C17 September 1997	9.2 °C25 January 1997	28.8 °C	117 mm	303
1996	43.5 °C5 May 1996	9.8 °C18 January 1996	28.8 °C	118 mm	328
1995	44.2 °C24 May 1995	10.2 °C10 February 1995	29.1 °C	64 mm	305
1994	43.2 °C29 April 1994	11.2 °C5 December 1994	28.7 °C	65 mm	299
1993	44.6 °C4 May 1993	7.7 °C5 February 1993	29.3 °C	48 mm	318
1992	43.3 °C28 May 1992	7.1 °C4 January 1992	28.3 °C	46 mm	279
1991	44.8 °C17 May 1991	11.3 °C1 February 1991	29.5 °C	31 mm	300
1990	43.5 °C8 June 1990	11.2 °C7 February 1990	29.9 °C	9 mm	321
1989	44.3 °C1 May 1989	8.4 °C17 January 1989	28.5 °C	39 mm	284
1988	44.2 °C31 May 1988	9.3 °C18 January 1988	29.0 °C	111 mm	326
1987	43.7 °C17 April 1987	9.9 °C4 January 1987	29.5 °C	67 mm	325
1986	42.9 °C2 May 1986	10.9 °C16 January 1986	28.7 °C	113 mm	324
1985	42.4 °C25 August 1985	9.9 °C27 February 1985	28.6 °C	92 mm	323
1984	42.8 °C4 May 1984	9.5 °C11 December 1984	29.0 °C	24 mm	320
1983	44.5 °C5 May 1983	7.1 °C24 January 1983	28.3 °C	35 mm	295
1982	44.2 °C24 April 1982	7.2 °C9 February 1982	28.3 °C	62 mm	297
1981	44.7 °C31 May 1981	9.4 °C11 February 1981	29.1 °C	84 mm	322
1980	43.8 °C27 April 1980	8.5 °C13 December 1980	29.3 °C	72 mm	317
1979	45.4 °C21 April 1979	10.4 °C11 January 1979	29.4 °C	130 mm	324
1978	44.5 °C20 May 1978	9.2 °C11 January 1978	28.6 °C	109 mm	318
1977	44.1 °C6 June 1977	9.3 °C8 January 1977	27.8 °C	99 mm	307
1976	43.0 °C16 April 1976	10.4 °C3 January 1976	29.2 °C	48 mm	334
1975	42.7 °C15 May 1975	7.6 °C18 January 1975	28.4 °C	52 mm	312
1974	44.2 °C2 May 1974	10.2 °C20 January 1974	28.3 °C	118 mm	299
1973	43.7 °C25 April 1973	8.7 °C17 January 1973	29.3 °C	77 mm	326
1972	44.7 °C25 May 1972	10.9 °C12 December 1972	29.0 °C	65 mm	308
1971	43.7 °C28 May 1971	6.7 °C25 December 1971	28.1 °C	67 mm	310
1970	44.6 °C20 May 1970	9.9 °C14 December 1970	28.8 °C	60 mm	310
1969	45.0 °C7 June 1969	9.5 °C10 January 1969	29.7 °C	25 mm	338
1968	42.6 °C31 August 1968	8.5 °C17 January 1968	28.5 °C	72 mm	317
1967	43.6 °C22 May 1967	10.9 °C26 December 1967	28.0 °C	19 mm	306
1966	42.0 °C5 August 1966	13.2 °C4 February 1966	27.9 °C	414 mm	286
1965	42.7 °C1 June 1965	10.6 °C11 January 1965	27.8 °C	148 mm	322
1964	42.7 °C13 June 1964	12.0 °C16 December 1964	27.0 °C	515 mm	259
1963	43.7 °C8 June 1963	12.8 °C31 December 1963	28.7 °C	297 mm	313
1962	44.1 °C9 June 1962	12.3 °C22 February 1962	29.1 °C	62 mm	320
1961	44.8 °C15 May 1961	12.2 °C26 December 1961	28.0 °C	41 mm	298
1960	43.8 °C26 April 1960	11.7 °C3 January 1960	29.6 °C	12 mm	335
1959	44.6 °C23 April 1959	7.8 °C22 January 1959	28.4 °C	72 mm	308
1958	44.8 °C20 April 1958	10.5 °C7 January 1958	29.3 °C	51 mm	328
1957	43.2 °C11 May 1957	7.0 °C5 February 1957	28.8 °C	80 mm	324
1956	43.0 °C25 May 1956	9.2 °C1 January 1956	28.5 °C	80 mm	327
1955	42.8 °C29 May 1955	11.0 °C4 January 1955	28.7 °C	70 mm	319
1954	43.5 °C22 April 1954	9.3 °C22 January 1954	28.2 °C	80 mm	321
1953	43.4 °C7 May 1953	7.8 °C18 December 1953	27.1 °C	216 mm	311
1952	42.6 °C1 May 1952	10.4 °C12 January 1952	27.9 °C	201 mm	332
1951	43.1 °C5 June 1951	6.4 °C24 December 1951	27.9 °C	72 mm	314
1950	42.8 °C4 April 1950	7.5 °C18 January 1950	26.0 °C	693 mm	295
1949	43.5 °C7 May 1949	6.7 °C10 February 1949	26.7 °C	236 mm	280
1948	42.4 °C20 May 1948	8.3 °C6 January 1948	27.3 °C	129 mm	279
1947	41.1 °C24 April 1947	8.8 °C15 January 1947	27.5 °C	216 mm	311
1946	43.6 °C25 May 1946	7.8 °C12 January 1946	27.3 °C	154 mm	289
1945	41.0 °C28 May 1945	7.0 °C2 February 1945	27.4 °C	100 mm	297
1944	41.9 °C3 July 1944	9.4 °C5 February 1944	27.0 °C	230 mm	272
1943	41.9 °C30 April 1943	7.9 °C2 February 1943	25.9 °C	809 mm	244
1942	42.8 °C20 May 1942	6.5 °C4 January 1942	28.2 °C	108 mm	337
1941	43.7 °C11 May 1941	7.5 °C18 December 1941	28.2 °C	36 mm	305
1940	42.4 °C11 June 1940	9.0 °C31 January 1940	28.0 °C	46 mm	309

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

36.8 °C

+1.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

333 d/yr

+18

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

35 mm

-65 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.7 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Feb	33.2 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	35.3 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Apr	40.2 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
May	41.5 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Jun	41.4 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-7 mm
Jul	38.4 °C	+1.1 °C	4 mm	-17 mm
Aug	36.5 °C	0.0 °C	28 mm	+4 mm
Sep	39.2 °C	+1.3 °C	2 mm	-12 mm
Oct	38.5 °C	+1.1 °C	1 mm	-19 mm
Nov	35.6 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Dec	31.3 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

45.4 °C

13 Jun 2025

Coldest day

10.8 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

11.3 mm

24 Aug 2025

Windiest day

45.4 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

67.7 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

12 May 2025

Coldest feels-like

6.5 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

17 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bahri?

Bahri has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.8 °C and it receives 100 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bahri?

The hottest day measured in Bahri between 1940 and 2025 was 11 May 2004, reaching 45.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bahri?

The coldest day measured in Bahri between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1951, at 6.4 °C.

Does it snow in Bahri?

Almost never: Bahri sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bahri warmed?

Yes: Bahri warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bahri?

The wettest day measured in Bahri between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 1950, with 60 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bahri?

The windiest day measured in Bahri between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, with winds reaching 55.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bahri?

The warmest month in Bahri is June (33.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (21.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Bahri?

Bahri receives on average 100 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 21 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bahri?

Bahri gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bahri?

Yes: Bahri has on average 254 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bahri?

In Bahri, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.6 °C on 7 May 1953, and the lowest was 0.1 °C on 4 January 1942.

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