Khashm El Girba climate — normals and trends
Khashm El Girba has a hot desert climate, averaging 29.3 °C annually with 337 mm of rain per year.
Climate normals · ERA5
Khashm El GirbaAl Qaḑārif
- coords
- 14.97°, 35.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
The normals for this period
The average of every indicator across the whole window: temperature, water, sky, wind and notable days.
Mean daily temperature
29.3°C
Average daily high
36.2°C
Average daily low
23.4°C
Annual rainfall
337mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
44%
Average peak wind
18.8km/h
Seasonal range
7.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
345 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
59 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
36.9 °C
Average feels-like low
23.5 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
303 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
What the yearly averages say about warming here, and whether the slope is statistically solid.
+3.6 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
Climate month by month
How an average year unfolds: when it rains, when it turns hot, when the sun is out.
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
The most extreme days ever measured here, then the year-by-year detail.
Hottest day
46.6 °C
1 June 2021
Coldest day
9.3 °C
25 December 1971
Wettest day
137 mm
21 May 1947
Windiest day
39.5 km/h
19 May 1958
Strongest gust
66.2 km/h
16 June 1983
Hottest feels-like
46.9 °C
26 May 1952
Coldest feels-like
6.0 °C
6 February 1993
Sunniest day
12.8 h
28 May 1964
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
A specific year
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Feb | 37.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 39.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Apr | 42.3 °C | +2.1 °C | 1 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 42.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 1 mm | -24 mm |
| Jun | 41.8 °C | +3.5 °C | 0 mm | -33 mm |
| Jul | 37.7 °C | +3.2 °C | 45 mm | -49 mm |
| Aug | 34.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 129 mm | +22 mm |
| Sep | 37.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 26 mm | -24 mm |
| Oct | 38.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -17 mm |
| Nov | 38.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 35.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
The year's extremes
What was the weather like that day?
The weather actually measured on a given date, anywhere in the covered window.
Climate at a glance
What these normals say about the place, in a few sentences, and the notions needed to read them.
Khashm El Girba (Sudan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 29.3 °C and it receives 337 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 (33.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Khashm El Girba averages 0 frost days, 345 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 59 rainy days per year.
Khashm El Girba has warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.43 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.6 °C (on 1 June 2021) and the coldest 9.3 °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.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Khashm El Girba?
Khashm El Girba has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.3 °C and it receives 337 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Khashm El Girba?
The hottest day measured in Khashm El Girba between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2021, reaching 46.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Khashm El Girba?
The coldest day measured in Khashm El Girba between 1940 and 2025 was 25 December 1971, at 9.3 °C.
Does it snow in Khashm El Girba?
Almost never: Khashm El Girba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Khashm El Girba warmed?
Yes: Khashm El Girba warmed by +3.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Khashm El Girba?
The wettest day measured in Khashm El Girba between 1940 and 2025 was 21 May 1947, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Khashm El Girba?
The windiest day measured in Khashm El Girba between 1940 and 2025 was 19 May 1958, with winds reaching 39.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Khashm El Girba?
The warmest month in Khashm El Girba is May (33.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Khashm El Girba?
Khashm El Girba receives on average 337 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 59 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Khashm El Girba?
Khashm El Girba gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Khashm El Girba?
Yes: Khashm El Girba has on average 303 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Khashm El Girba?
In Khashm El Girba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.9 °C on 26 May 1952, and the lowest was 6.0 °C on 6 February 1993.
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