Dongola climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dongola?

Dongola has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 18 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dongola between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2013, reaching 47.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dongola?

The coldest day measured in Dongola between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at 2.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dongola?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dongola warmed?

Yes: Dongola warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dongola?

The wettest day measured in Dongola between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1943, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dongola?

The windiest day measured in Dongola between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2016, with winds reaching 54.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dongola?

The warmest month in Dongola is August (34.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dongola?

Dongola receives on average 18 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 3 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dongola?

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

Dongola (Sudan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 18 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 August (34.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (18.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in October.

Dongola averages 0 frost days, 270 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 3 rainy days per year.

Dongola has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 47.8 °C (on 3 June 2013) and the coldest 2.2 °C (on 4 January 1942).

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

DongolaNorthern State

coords: 19.18°, 30.48°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthOctoberDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

28.2°C

Average daily high

35.1°C

Average daily low

21.1°C

Annual rainfall

18mm

Sunshine / day

11.4h

Mean relative humidity

22%

Average peak wind

23.5km/h

Seasonal range

16.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

270 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

3 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.4 °C

Average feels-like low

17.2 °C

Average peak gust

38.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

217 d/yr

Solar radiation

24.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.60 · 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

47.8 °C

3 June 2013

Coldest day

2.2 °C

4 January 1942

Wettest day

57 mm

1 October 1943

Windiest day

54.2 km/h

13 March 2016

Strongest gust

82.8 km/h

13 March 2016

Hottest feels-like

49.4 °C

15 May 1991

Coldest feels-like

-3.0 °C

4 January 1942

Sunniest day

12.2 h

31 May 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	46.0 °C18 May 2025	7.3 °C31 December 2025	29.2 °C	3 mm	290
2024	47.6 °C17 June 2024	5.2 °C2 February 2024	29.3 °C	17 mm	276
2023	46.8 °C27 May 2023	8.2 °C15 January 2023	29.6 °C	3 mm	286
2022	46.2 °C14 May 2022	4.4 °C19 January 2022	28.6 °C	1 mm	254
2021	46.2 °C2 June 2021	6.4 °C18 February 2021	29.4 °C	2 mm	281
2020	45.7 °C14 June 2020	5.0 °C11 January 2020	28.7 °C	2 mm	259
2019	47.5 °C28 June 2019	7.1 °C16 February 2019	29.2 °C	8 mm	267
2018	46.9 °C11 June 2018	7.2 °C5 January 2018	29.4 °C	12 mm	288
2017	46.0 °C10 June 2017	7.0 °C17 February 2017	29.0 °C	1 mm	279
2016	46.4 °C6 June 2016	5.4 °C27 January 2016	29.3 °C	3 mm	287
2015	47.3 °C21 August 2015	4.8 °C12 January 2015	29.1 °C	2 mm	279
2014	46.5 °C5 June 2014	8.6 °C11 January 2014	29.6 °C	6 mm	287
2013	47.8 °C3 June 2013	7.6 °C12 January 2013	29.4 °C	16 mm	303
2012	46.7 °C3 June 2012	6.4 °C17 January 2012	29.3 °C	1 mm	276
2011	46.5 °C28 July 2011	7.9 °C17 January 2011	28.7 °C	1 mm	269
2010	47.6 °C24 June 2010	8.4 °C15 December 2010	30.6 °C	5 mm	310
2009	46.1 °C3 May 2009	8.8 °C6 January 2009	29.4 °C	3 mm	276
2008	45.9 °C6 June 2008	5.5 °C31 January 2008	29.5 °C	2 mm	297
2007	46.1 °C29 July 2007	7.9 °C15 January 2007	29.0 °C	10 mm	278
2006	47.3 °C7 June 2006	6.3 °C29 December 2006	29.1 °C	1 mm	272
2005	46.4 °C8 June 2005	6.1 °C23 January 2005	29.2 °C	6 mm	295
2004	47.5 °C11 May 2004	6.2 °C15 January 2004	28.8 °C	3 mm	275
2003	46.3 °C29 May 2003	8.4 °C5 February 2003	29.0 °C	3 mm	269
2002	45.2 °C3 September 2002	5.1 °C11 January 2002	29.0 °C	2 mm	279
2001	46.3 °C6 September 2001	8.9 °C23 February 2001	28.8 °C	5 mm	279
2000	46.3 °C6 July 2000	5.7 °C30 January 2000	28.3 °C	0 mm	259
1999	44.7 °C23 May 1999	7.7 °C9 January 1999	29.4 °C	17 mm	294
1998	45.8 °C13 June 1998	6.2 °C14 January 1998	28.9 °C	4 mm	268
1997	45.2 °C17 June 1997	6.8 °C6 February 1997	28.0 °C	9 mm	254
1996	46.1 °C5 July 1996	6.9 °C20 January 1996	28.5 °C	2 mm	252
1995	46.3 °C30 June 1995	7.6 °C9 February 1995	28.3 °C	7 mm	250
1994	43.8 °C16 August 1994	8.0 °C17 January 1994	28.0 °C	11 mm	261
1993	45.2 °C3 May 1993	5.2 °C5 February 1993	28.7 °C	2 mm	282
1992	47.1 °C21 June 1992	5.1 °C3 January 1992	27.7 °C	1 mm	253
1991	46.7 °C15 May 1991	7.5 °C27 December 1991	28.9 °C	3 mm	273
1990	46.7 °C10 June 1990	8.6 °C13 February 1990	28.7 °C	0 mm	287
1989	46.8 °C8 June 1989	5.6 °C8 January 1989	27.9 °C	4 mm	250
1988	46.9 °C30 May 1988	6.7 °C28 December 1988	28.5 °C	21 mm	270
1987	46.1 °C25 July 1987	5.3 °C9 January 1987	28.2 °C	6 mm	274
1986	44.7 °C1 May 1986	7.3 °C17 January 1986	28.0 °C	3 mm	275
1985	43.6 °C29 May 1985	7.0 °C27 February 1985	28.2 °C	3 mm	278
1984	45.3 °C28 May 1984	6.3 °C16 January 1984	27.7 °C	0 mm	274
1983	46.8 °C13 July 1983	4.8 °C3 January 1983	26.9 °C	1 mm	262
1982	44.6 °C1 May 1982	4.5 °C9 February 1982	27.4 °C	0 mm	246
1981	45.5 °C4 September 1981	4.7 °C7 January 1981	28.0 °C	5 mm	256
1980	46.8 °C13 June 1980	6.2 °C13 December 1980	28.6 °C	4 mm	279
1979	45.9 °C12 June 1979	6.2 °C19 December 1979	29.0 °C	3 mm	280
1978	46.8 °C31 May 1978	5.2 °C10 January 1978	27.9 °C	1 mm	264
1977	46.4 °C3 June 1977	5.0 °C27 December 1977	27.1 °C	7 mm	246
1976	44.6 °C28 June 1976	7.2 °C7 January 1976	28.1 °C	6 mm	270
1975	44.4 °C1 June 1975	5.1 °C17 January 1975	27.3 °C	1 mm	271
1974	44.7 °C26 April 1974	6.4 °C18 January 1974	27.6 °C	16 mm	262
1973	44.9 °C13 June 1973	4.8 °C16 January 1973	28.0 °C	5 mm	266
1972	45.4 °C20 June 1972	7.0 °C4 February 1972	28.2 °C	0 mm	252
1971	46.0 °C30 May 1971	6.5 °C20 December 1971	27.8 °C	1 mm	275
1970	46.0 °C23 May 1970	6.8 °C24 January 1970	27.5 °C	13 mm	259
1969	46.1 °C14 June 1969	5.0 °C25 January 1969	28.6 °C	1 mm	290
1968	44.4 °C31 August 1968	5.6 °C16 January 1968	27.7 °C	0 mm	278
1967	44.5 °C22 May 1967	7.4 °C25 December 1967	27.3 °C	0 mm	256
1966	42.4 °C20 May 1966	9.9 °C4 February 1966	27.6 °C	81 mm	266
1965	42.8 °C13 June 1965	8.0 °C1 February 1965	26.9 °C	42 mm	242
1964	42.7 °C13 June 1964	7.7 °C16 December 1964	26.1 °C	405 mm	224
1963	45.9 °C7 June 1963	9.2 °C30 December 1963	28.2 °C	250 mm	248
1962	45.9 °C11 June 1962	7.8 °C14 January 1962	28.6 °C	11 mm	291
1961	46.8 °C7 June 1961	7.3 °C24 December 1961	26.9 °C	2 mm	249
1960	44.2 °C3 June 1960	7.8 °C2 January 1960	28.6 °C	0 mm	299
1959	45.8 °C12 June 1959	6.2 °C22 January 1959	27.7 °C	8 mm	268
1958	45.3 °C20 May 1958	7.1 °C8 January 1958	28.8 °C	0 mm	298
1957	45.2 °C24 June 1957	5.8 °C12 January 1957	28.5 °C	1 mm	279
1956	45.3 °C27 May 1956	6.2 °C22 December 1956	28.2 °C	13 mm	297
1955	46.3 °C30 May 1955	6.6 °C31 December 1955	28.1 °C	1 mm	269
1954	46.0 °C30 May 1954	5.2 °C22 January 1954	27.7 °C	6 mm	283
1953	47.2 °C18 June 1953	4.8 °C18 December 1953	27.6 °C	13 mm	267
1952	46.2 °C23 May 1952	4.9 °C12 January 1952	28.0 °C	17 mm	280
1951	45.1 °C21 May 1951	3.9 °C23 December 1951	27.6 °C	1 mm	266
1950	44.4 °C29 May 1950	3.6 °C17 January 1950	27.5 °C	52 mm	261
1949	45.3 °C8 May 1949	3.2 °C27 January 1949	26.7 °C	12 mm	251
1948	46.1 °C16 June 1948	5.2 °C4 January 1948	26.6 °C	3 mm	247
1947	44.6 °C23 June 1947	5.7 °C22 January 1947	27.8 °C	17 mm	259
1946	43.5 °C30 May 1946	5.1 °C11 January 1946	27.3 °C	7 mm	269
1945	43.3 °C4 June 1945	3.7 °C2 February 1945	26.2 °C	8 mm	240
1944	46.5 °C12 June 1944	6.3 °C31 January 1944	27.0 °C	21 mm	257
1943	44.7 °C17 August 1943	5.0 °C31 January 1943	26.9 °C	247 mm	258
1942	45.4 °C22 May 1942	2.2 °C4 January 1942	27.5 °C	20 mm	274
1941	45.5 °C12 May 1941	4.1 °C27 December 1941	27.3 °C	0 mm	272
1940	44.7 °C22 May 1940	6.6 °C30 January 1940	27.1 °C	1 mm	243

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

35.9 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

290 d/yr

+20

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

3 mm

-15 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.7 °C	+2.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	28.2 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	32.7 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Apr	37.4 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
May	40.2 °C	-0.3 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jun	40.5 °C	-1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	42.8 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Aug	41.6 °C	+0.7 °C	3 mm	+0 mm
Sep	40.2 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Oct	38.1 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-8 mm
Nov	32.9 °C	+2.2 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Dec	27.7 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

46.0 °C

18 May 2025

Coldest day

7.3 °C

31 Dec 2025

Wettest day

2.1 mm

29 Aug 2025

Windiest day

42.6 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

65.9 km/h

10 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.9 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

3.5 °C

31 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

31 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dongola?

Dongola has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.2 °C and it receives 18 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dongola?

The hottest day measured in Dongola between 1940 and 2025 was 3 June 2013, reaching 47.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dongola?

The coldest day measured in Dongola between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1942, at 2.2 °C.

Does it snow in Dongola?

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

Has the climate of Dongola warmed?

Yes: Dongola warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dongola?

The wettest day measured in Dongola between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1943, with 57 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dongola?

The windiest day measured in Dongola between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2016, with winds reaching 54.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dongola?

The warmest month in Dongola is August (34.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (18.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Dongola?

Dongola receives on average 18 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 3 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dongola?

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

Are there tropical nights in Dongola?

Yes: Dongola has on average 217 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dongola?

In Dongola, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.4 °C on 15 May 1991, and the lowest was -3.0 °C on 4 January 1942.

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