Kūstī climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kūstī?

Kūstī has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.0 °C and it receives 345 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kūstī between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 2003, reaching 46.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kūstī?

The coldest day measured in Kūstī between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1992, at 9.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kūstī?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kūstī warmed?

Yes: Kūstī warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kūstī?

The wettest day measured in Kūstī between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2020, with 127 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kūstī?

The windiest day measured in Kūstī between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, with winds reaching 40.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kūstī?

The warmest month in Kūstī is April (32.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kūstī?

Kūstī receives on average 345 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 65 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kūstī?

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

Kūstī (Sudan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 29.0 °C and it receives 345 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 April (32.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (25.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Kūstī averages 0 frost days, 340 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 65 rainy days per year.

Kūstī has warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 46.6 °C (on 6 April 2003) and the coldest 9.8 °C (on 4 January 1992).

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

KūstīWhite Nile

coords: 13.16°, 32.66°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthAugustDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

29.0°C

Average daily high

35.7°C

Average daily low

23.3°C

Annual rainfall

345mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

40%

Average peak wind

17.9km/h

Seasonal range

7.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

340 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

65 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.4 °C

Average feels-like low

22.7 °C

Average peak gust

34.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

308 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.1 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.68 · 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

46.6 °C

6 April 2003

Coldest day

9.8 °C

4 January 1992

Wettest day

127 mm

1 August 2020

Windiest day

40.4 km/h

14 June 1967

Strongest gust

73.1 km/h

14 June 1967

Hottest feels-like

47.6 °C

7 April 1950

Coldest feels-like

4.5 °C

4 January 1992

Sunniest day

12.2 h

17 May 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	44.4 °C3 April 2025	16.2 °C21 December 2025	30.8 °C	152 mm	361
2024	45.5 °C12 May 2024	15.8 °C2 February 2024	30.7 °C	229 mm	343
2023	45.2 °C13 May 2023	16.6 °C16 February 2023	31.6 °C	66 mm	365
2022	44.4 °C3 April 2022	14.9 °C20 January 2022	30.0 °C	292 mm	338
2021	44.9 °C21 April 2021	16.2 °C6 February 2021	30.8 °C	158 mm	357
2020	44.4 °C8 April 2020	13.3 °C12 January 2020	29.9 °C	304 mm	342
2019	45.5 °C4 May 2019	16.9 °C30 December 2019	30.3 °C	309 mm	357
2018	44.6 °C4 May 2018	15.9 °C30 January 2018	30.4 °C	170 mm	358
2017	44.4 °C12 May 2017	17.3 °C25 February 2017	30.9 °C	177 mm	363
2016	44.8 °C12 March 2016	13.7 °C29 January 2016	31.0 °C	187 mm	359
2015	43.9 °C10 March 2015	11.1 °C11 January 2015	30.8 °C	129 mm	350
2014	43.0 °C4 May 2014	15.8 °C6 January 2014	29.7 °C	219 mm	352
2013	43.0 °C16 March 2013	14.2 °C16 December 2013	29.6 °C	161 mm	342
2012	43.3 °C18 April 2012	15.9 °C15 January 2012	28.9 °C	154 mm	351
2011	43.4 °C6 June 2011	15.3 °C20 January 2011	29.2 °C	138 mm	351
2010	44.0 °C16 March 2010	15.3 °C7 February 2010	29.8 °C	181 mm	350
2009	44.4 °C20 April 2009	15.9 °C9 December 2009	30.0 °C	106 mm	361
2008	43.4 °C6 April 2008	13.8 °C1 February 2008	29.2 °C	176 mm	352
2007	44.8 °C20 May 2007	13.6 °C14 January 2007	29.0 °C	332 mm	336
2006	44.2 °C1 May 2006	12.1 °C29 December 2006	29.3 °C	243 mm	353
2005	44.3 °C1 April 2005	13.9 °C12 January 2005	30.0 °C	202 mm	356
2004	44.7 °C22 April 2004	14.5 °C7 February 2004	29.8 °C	194 mm	352
2003	46.6 °C6 April 2003	14.5 °C8 December 2003	29.8 °C	225 mm	356
2002	44.7 °C25 April 2002	10.2 °C26 December 2002	29.8 °C	163 mm	343
2001	44.1 °C1 May 2001	14.1 °C5 January 2001	29.4 °C	305 mm	344
2000	44.4 °C22 March 2000	12.9 °C30 January 2000	29.3 °C	171 mm	353
1999	42.6 °C14 April 1999	15.5 °C11 January 1999	29.2 °C	306 mm	347
1998	45.4 °C25 May 1998	13.4 °C14 January 1998	29.4 °C	375 mm	338
1997	43.4 °C28 March 1997	13.9 °C25 January 1997	29.2 °C	368 mm	355
1996	42.4 °C21 April 1996	15.7 °C18 January 1996	29.1 °C	438 mm	365
1995	43.6 °C30 April 1995	15.9 °C13 February 1995	29.3 °C	338 mm	358
1994	44.2 °C24 April 1994	15.4 °C5 December 1994	29.2 °C	278 mm	350
1993	44.2 °C17 May 1993	11.2 °C7 February 1993	29.5 °C	297 mm	339
1992	44.3 °C14 April 1992	9.8 °C4 January 1992	28.6 °C	244 mm	320
1991	42.2 °C20 March 1991	13.9 °C1 February 1991	29.2 °C	246 mm	340
1990	44.1 °C16 April 1990	14.2 °C15 January 1990	29.9 °C	188 mm	351
1989	43.4 °C1 May 1989	12.0 °C19 January 1989	28.3 °C	253 mm	325
1988	44.1 °C17 April 1988	14.5 °C18 January 1988	29.3 °C	329 mm	346
1987	45.0 °C7 May 1987	14.7 °C4 January 1987	29.7 °C	382 mm	358
1986	44.4 °C2 May 1986	14.4 °C6 December 1986	29.1 °C	365 mm	355
1985	43.1 °C17 March 1985	15.2 °C17 February 1985	28.6 °C	374 mm	352
1984	44.0 °C23 April 1984	14.2 °C17 January 1984	29.5 °C	249 mm	353
1983	44.7 °C4 May 1983	12.3 °C25 January 1983	29.0 °C	226 mm	329
1982	44.3 °C2 May 1982	11.9 °C9 February 1982	28.6 °C	316 mm	351
1981	44.5 °C29 April 1981	14.8 °C12 February 1981	29.2 °C	328 mm	354
1980	45.8 °C23 March 1980	14.1 °C13 December 1980	29.1 °C	440 mm	351
1979	44.6 °C21 April 1979	14.9 °C11 January 1979	29.1 °C	420 mm	357
1978	43.5 °C13 April 1978	14.5 °C11 January 1978	28.5 °C	453 mm	342
1977	43.6 °C15 May 1977	14.9 °C8 January 1977	28.2 °C	393 mm	329
1976	42.6 °C8 May 1976	14.3 °C3 January 1976	29.0 °C	362 mm	348
1975	43.6 °C15 May 1975	13.0 °C18 January 1975	28.6 °C	345 mm	320
1974	43.6 °C20 April 1974	13.3 °C19 January 1974	28.0 °C	495 mm	333
1973	44.7 °C1 April 1973	13.7 °C17 January 1973	29.5 °C	297 mm	357
1972	43.3 °C5 May 1972	15.4 °C12 December 1972	28.8 °C	468 mm	362
1971	42.6 °C29 April 1971	10.1 °C25 December 1971	28.3 °C	364 mm	320
1970	43.7 °C8 May 1970	13.1 °C14 December 1970	28.9 °C	283 mm	351
1969	44.3 °C1 April 1969	13.6 °C31 January 1969	29.9 °C	266 mm	354
1968	42.5 °C28 May 1968	12.4 °C17 January 1968	28.8 °C	213 mm	353
1967	43.3 °C10 May 1967	15.0 °C25 December 1967	28.4 °C	166 mm	346
1966	43.1 °C3 June 1966	18.2 °C10 March 1966	29.0 °C	434 mm	324
1965	43.1 °C28 May 1965	14.1 °C12 January 1965	28.8 °C	384 mm	300
1964	44.1 °C13 June 1964	15.7 °C28 December 1964	28.2 °C	555 mm	272
1963	42.6 °C1 May 1963	15.6 °C8 December 1963	28.8 °C	401 mm	326
1962	43.2 °C2 May 1962	16.0 °C4 January 1962	28.6 °C	340 mm	342
1961	45.0 °C15 May 1961	15.2 °C27 December 1961	28.2 °C	349 mm	338
1960	43.9 °C26 April 1960	16.2 °C31 January 1960	29.0 °C	256 mm	356
1959	43.8 °C6 May 1959	13.3 °C22 January 1959	28.3 °C	300 mm	334
1958	43.7 °C16 May 1958	14.9 °C7 January 1958	29.0 °C	282 mm	349
1957	42.4 °C27 April 1957	11.7 °C5 February 1957	28.6 °C	398 mm	343
1956	43.4 °C10 March 1956	14.2 °C2 January 1956	28.3 °C	448 mm	318
1955	41.7 °C3 April 1955	15.0 °C4 January 1955	28.3 °C	348 mm	352
1954	42.5 °C12 May 1954	13.7 °C23 January 1954	27.5 °C	469 mm	298
1953	43.1 °C30 March 1953	11.0 °C18 December 1953	26.7 °C	852 mm	308
1952	43.1 °C17 March 1952	15.2 °C12 January 1952	27.6 °C	593 mm	347
1951	41.5 °C27 April 1951	10.9 °C24 December 1951	27.4 °C	339 mm	333
1950	42.5 °C4 April 1950	13.2 °C18 January 1950	25.8 °C	1,347 mm	283
1949	42.6 °C28 March 1949	11.7 °C10 February 1949	26.5 °C	725 mm	315
1948	42.6 °C6 May 1948	13.6 °C5 January 1948	27.4 °C	476 mm	316
1947	40.8 °C15 April 1947	13.3 °C16 January 1947	27.2 °C	439 mm	318
1946	43.4 °C8 May 1946	11.5 °C12 January 1946	27.3 °C	770 mm	282
1945	41.3 °C21 April 1945	12.3 °C2 February 1945	27.8 °C	342 mm	334
1944	40.6 °C19 March 1944	13.6 °C31 January 1944	26.9 °C	507 mm	303
1943	43.4 °C1 May 1943	13.3 °C2 February 1943	26.2 °C	1,206 mm	205
1942	41.8 °C20 May 1942	12.5 °C5 January 1942	28.6 °C	479 mm	336
1941	42.5 °C20 April 1941	12.3 °C18 December 1941	28.8 °C	283 mm	355
1940	42.0 °C11 May 1940	14.6 °C3 March 1940	28.3 °C	310 mm	361

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

37.6 °C

+1.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

361 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

152 mm

-193 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	34.9 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Feb	37.6 °C	+2.6 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Mar	39.1 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Apr	41.8 °C	+1.5 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
May	41.6 °C	+2.3 °C	0 mm	-32 mm
Jun	40.6 °C	+3.4 °C	2 mm	-34 mm
Jul	35.7 °C	+1.8 °C	26 mm	-51 mm
Aug	33.3 °C	+0.7 °C	74 mm	-13 mm
Sep	35.5 °C	+1.6 °C	40 mm	-21 mm
Oct	38.0 °C	+2.2 °C	9 mm	-33 mm
Nov	38.4 °C	+2.5 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Dec	35.2 °C	+1.8 °C	0 mm	-1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

44.4 °C

3 Apr 2025

Coldest day

16.2 °C

21 Dec 2025

Wettest day

14.7 mm

12 Sep 2025

Windiest day

32.9 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

59.8 km/h

26 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

45.1 °C

3 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.1 °C

12 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

17 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kūstī?

Kūstī has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 29.0 °C and it receives 345 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kūstī?

The hottest day measured in Kūstī between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 2003, reaching 46.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kūstī?

The coldest day measured in Kūstī between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1992, at 9.8 °C.

Does it snow in Kūstī?

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

Has the climate of Kūstī warmed?

Yes: Kūstī warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kūstī?

The wettest day measured in Kūstī between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 2020, with 127 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kūstī?

The windiest day measured in Kūstī between 1940 and 2025 was 14 June 1967, with winds reaching 40.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kūstī?

The warmest month in Kūstī is April (32.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (25.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Kūstī?

Kūstī receives on average 345 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 65 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kūstī?

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

Are there tropical nights in Kūstī?

Yes: Kūstī has on average 308 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kūstī?

In Kūstī, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.6 °C on 7 April 1950, and the lowest was 4.5 °C on 4 January 1992.

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