Kassala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kassala?

Kassala has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.5 °C and it receives 261 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kassala between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2021, reaching 45.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kassala?

The coldest day measured in Kassala between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 7.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kassala?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kassala warmed?

Yes: Kassala warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kassala?

The wettest day measured in Kassala between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1943, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kassala?

The windiest day measured in Kassala between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1978, with winds reaching 35.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kassala?

The warmest month in Kassala is May (32.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kassala?

Kassala receives on average 261 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 49 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kassala?

Kassala gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kassala (Sudan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.5 °C and it receives 261 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 May (32.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (24.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Kassala averages 0 frost days, 338 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 49 rainy days per year.

Kassala has warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.41 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 45.3 °C (on 1 June 2021) and the coldest 7.8 °C (on 25 December 1971).

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

KassalaKassala

coords: 15.45°, 36.40°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthMayColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

28.5°C

Average daily high

35.4°C

Average daily low

22.4°C

Annual rainfall

261mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

46%

Average peak wind

18.0km/h

Seasonal range

8.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

338 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

49 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.2 °C

Average feels-like low

22.7 °C

Average peak gust

35.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

275 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.5 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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

45.3 °C

1 June 2021

Coldest day

7.8 °C

25 December 1971

Wettest day

85 mm

4 October 1943

Windiest day

35.2 km/h

16 July 1978

Strongest gust

65.2 km/h

13 June 2002

Hottest feels-like

46.5 °C

25 May 1998

Coldest feels-like

4.5 °C

6 February 1993

Sunniest day

12.9 h

31 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	44.5 °C17 May 2025	14.0 °C20 December 2025	30.1 °C	179 mm	355
2024	44.4 °C13 May 2024	14.2 °C3 February 2024	29.8 °C	225 mm	349
2023	44.1 °C13 May 2023	15.0 °C8 January 2023	30.7 °C	57 mm	365
2022	44.4 °C4 May 2022	12.8 °C26 December 2022	29.7 °C	159 mm	347
2021	45.3 °C1 June 2021	13.2 °C6 February 2021	30.2 °C	83 mm	357
2020	43.7 °C8 April 2020	11.8 °C24 January 2020	29.4 °C	151 mm	340
2019	44.5 °C4 May 2019	14.2 °C20 February 2019	29.5 °C	277 mm	355
2018	44.5 °C5 May 2018	13.9 °C29 January 2018	29.7 °C	202 mm	352
2017	44.0 °C11 May 2017	14.7 °C3 February 2017	30.2 °C	165 mm	364
2016	43.6 °C3 June 2016	10.9 °C29 January 2016	30.0 °C	140 mm	354
2015	43.2 °C16 May 2015	11.1 °C11 January 2015	30.4 °C	86 mm	352
2014	43.1 °C3 June 2014	14.3 °C17 February 2014	29.4 °C	220 mm	355
2013	42.9 °C29 May 2013	13.0 °C17 December 2013	29.8 °C	152 mm	347
2012	42.5 °C13 March 2012	12.0 °C24 January 2012	29.3 °C	123 mm	360
2011	43.1 °C7 May 2011	13.4 °C19 January 2011	29.3 °C	107 mm	355
2010	43.3 °C18 May 2010	14.7 °C31 December 2010	29.9 °C	198 mm	356
2009	44.0 °C23 April 2009	14.4 °C2 March 2009	30.1 °C	115 mm	365
2008	42.2 °C22 May 2008	12.0 °C1 February 2008	29.5 °C	122 mm	361
2007	43.5 °C28 April 2007	12.5 °C5 February 2007	28.8 °C	223 mm	344
2006	43.5 °C30 April 2006	12.9 °C31 December 2006	29.0 °C	209 mm	359
2005	43.3 °C15 April 2005	13.0 °C8 January 2005	29.3 °C	184 mm	351
2004	44.1 °C11 May 2004	12.9 °C26 December 2004	29.5 °C	132 mm	353
2003	44.3 °C5 April 2003	13.8 °C6 December 2003	29.2 °C	292 mm	352
2002	43.6 °C26 April 2002	11.0 °C11 January 2002	29.5 °C	132 mm	348
2001	43.5 °C15 April 2001	13.5 °C11 January 2001	29.3 °C	130 mm	352
2000	42.7 °C23 March 2000	12.5 °C29 January 2000	29.0 °C	92 mm	356
1999	41.9 °C19 February 1999	15.1 °C9 January 1999	29.2 °C	218 mm	352
1998	45.2 °C25 May 1998	12.1 °C15 January 1998	29.0 °C	221 mm	340
1997	42.0 °C14 April 1997	11.5 °C25 January 1997	28.7 °C	222 mm	350
1996	42.9 °C2 May 1996	12.7 °C18 January 1996	28.4 °C	343 mm	356
1995	43.4 °C23 May 1995	13.7 °C11 February 1995	28.8 °C	262 mm	347
1994	43.3 °C29 April 1994	15.2 °C25 February 1994	28.9 °C	218 mm	353
1993	43.1 °C5 May 1993	8.8 °C6 February 1993	29.1 °C	178 mm	339
1992	43.1 °C28 May 1992	10.7 °C26 February 1992	28.3 °C	164 mm	321
1991	44.8 °C17 May 1991	13.7 °C28 January 1991	29.4 °C	145 mm	353
1990	43.4 °C27 May 1990	12.8 °C27 February 1990	29.8 °C	40 mm	354
1989	42.9 °C1 May 1989	12.1 °C8 January 1989	28.4 °C	175 mm	330
1988	42.7 °C29 May 1988	12.2 °C18 January 1988	28.6 °C	374 mm	331
1987	43.4 °C15 April 1987	14.2 °C4 January 1987	29.3 °C	218 mm	361
1986	43.4 °C24 May 1986	13.3 °C22 January 1986	28.5 °C	246 mm	358
1985	42.3 °C10 May 1985	13.7 °C17 February 1985	28.2 °C	320 mm	350
1984	43.9 °C29 April 1984	13.9 °C20 January 1984	29.2 °C	83 mm	357
1983	42.8 °C27 May 1983	10.6 °C25 January 1983	28.3 °C	158 mm	334
1982	43.3 °C3 May 1982	11.8 °C9 February 1982	28.0 °C	237 mm	342
1981	42.6 °C29 April 1981	12.9 °C12 February 1981	28.9 °C	222 mm	361
1980	43.3 °C12 April 1980	13.9 °C13 December 1980	29.1 °C	173 mm	353
1979	43.9 °C21 April 1979	14.8 °C10 January 1979	29.0 °C	338 mm	361
1978	43.0 °C19 May 1978	14.0 °C17 January 1978	28.3 °C	359 mm	327
1977	42.3 °C11 May 1977	13.4 °C8 January 1977	27.8 °C	312 mm	325
1976	42.2 °C14 May 1976	12.9 °C1 January 1976	28.4 °C	233 mm	350
1975	41.6 °C25 March 1975	12.3 °C18 January 1975	27.6 °C	292 mm	319
1974	43.1 °C25 April 1974	11.5 °C18 January 1974	27.7 °C	375 mm	325
1973	43.2 °C25 April 1973	11.8 °C16 January 1973	28.7 °C	292 mm	345
1972	43.3 °C10 May 1972	12.5 °C4 February 1972	28.2 °C	336 mm	355
1971	41.8 °C28 May 1971	7.8 °C25 December 1971	27.5 °C	259 mm	311
1970	43.1 °C9 May 1970	11.9 °C12 January 1970	28.6 °C	223 mm	344
1969	42.8 °C11 April 1969	12.9 °C11 January 1969	29.4 °C	122 mm	354
1968	41.1 °C16 April 1968	13.6 °C2 February 1968	28.2 °C	208 mm	348
1967	42.5 °C21 May 1967	14.7 °C6 February 1967	27.8 °C	200 mm	350
1966	41.6 °C3 June 1966	15.2 °C2 March 1966	28.2 °C	232 mm	332
1965	42.0 °C1 June 1965	13.4 °C11 January 1965	27.8 °C	374 mm	292
1964	42.4 °C13 June 1964	14.8 °C13 February 1964	27.4 °C	284 mm	311
1963	42.0 °C2 June 1963	16.0 °C26 December 1963	28.4 °C	460 mm	336
1962	42.6 °C24 May 1962	16.1 °C21 February 1962	28.8 °C	190 mm	356
1961	44.3 °C15 May 1961	15.3 °C14 December 1961	28.1 °C	309 mm	323
1960	42.0 °C25 April 1960	13.6 °C31 January 1960	29.1 °C	144 mm	360
1959	43.7 °C22 April 1959	10.7 °C22 January 1959	28.0 °C	290 mm	327
1958	42.6 °C16 May 1958	14.5 °C13 February 1958	28.7 °C	209 mm	347
1957	42.3 °C26 April 1957	10.8 °C5 February 1957	28.2 °C	199 mm	344
1956	42.0 °C11 April 1956	12.9 °C18 January 1956	27.4 °C	421 mm	313
1955	40.6 °C17 April 1955	13.8 °C31 December 1955	27.7 °C	217 mm	346
1954	41.5 °C19 April 1954	12.9 °C23 January 1954	27.0 °C	318 mm	300
1953	42.8 °C29 March 1953	11.4 °C23 December 1953	26.0 °C	738 mm	292
1952	41.8 °C2 May 1952	13.2 °C14 February 1952	26.8 °C	474 mm	344
1951	40.2 °C30 April 1951	11.3 °C24 December 1951	26.9 °C	253 mm	342
1950	41.9 °C6 April 1950	12.2 °C18 January 1950	24.9 °C	1,076 mm	264
1949	41.7 °C28 April 1949	10.9 °C11 December 1949	25.5 °C	604 mm	292
1948	41.2 °C18 May 1948	12.9 °C10 March 1948	26.0 °C	434 mm	269
1947	39.7 °C16 April 1947	13.4 °C16 January 1947	26.1 °C	482 mm	282
1946	41.9 °C8 May 1946	9.9 °C12 January 1946	26.8 °C	354 mm	298
1945	40.4 °C28 May 1945	12.2 °C8 February 1945	27.1 °C	211 mm	323
1944	39.1 °C13 April 1944	11.6 °C2 February 1944	26.3 °C	363 mm	288
1943	41.6 °C29 April 1943	11.2 °C3 February 1943	25.1 °C	1,114 mm	207
1942	41.2 °C18 May 1942	12.1 °C5 January 1942	27.7 °C	344 mm	316
1941	42.3 °C11 May 1941	11.9 °C5 March 1941	27.9 °C	217 mm	345
1940	40.6 °C18 May 1940	11.7 °C3 March 1940	27.4 °C	218 mm	352

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

37.1 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

355 d/yr

+17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

179 mm

-82 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.9 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	35.8 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Mar	37.6 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	41.3 °C	+2.2 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
May	41.4 °C	+2.3 °C	2 mm	-19 mm
Jun	40.7 °C	+3.1 °C	0 mm	-23 mm
Jul	37.2 °C	+3.2 °C	26 mm	-46 mm
Aug	33.3 °C	+0.7 °C	128 mm	+49 mm
Sep	36.3 °C	+1.6 °C	21 mm	-17 mm
Oct	37.8 °C	+1.6 °C	1 mm	-19 mm
Nov	36.9 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Dec	33.7 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.5 °C

17 May 2025

Coldest day

14.0 °C

20 Dec 2025

Wettest day

36.2 mm

24 Aug 2025

Windiest day

30.5 km/h

27 May 2025

Strongest gust

56.2 km/h

10 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

2 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

20 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.9 h

31 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kassala?

Kassala has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.5 °C and it receives 261 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kassala?

The hottest day measured in Kassala between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2021, reaching 45.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kassala?

The coldest day measured in Kassala between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 7.8 °C.

Does it snow in Kassala?

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

Has the climate of Kassala warmed?

Yes: Kassala warmed by +3.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kassala?

The wettest day measured in Kassala between 1940 and 2025 was 4 October 1943, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kassala?

The windiest day measured in Kassala between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1978, with winds reaching 35.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kassala?

The warmest month in Kassala is May (32.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (24.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Kassala?

Kassala receives on average 261 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 49 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kassala?

Kassala gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kassala?

Yes: Kassala has on average 275 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kassala?

In Kassala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.5 °C on 25 May 1998, and the lowest was 4.5 °C on 6 February 1993.

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