Nyala weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇩 Sudan · city break · semi-arid climate

The best time to visit Nyala is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with December close behind. Nyala averages about 3,579 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,579

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

429 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

566k

Elevation

640 m

When is the best time to visit Nyala?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Nyala is January, then December. The dullest month is May (29/100, 13 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Nyala?

Nyala is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,579 hours of sunshine a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate January (100) from May (29), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #6 of 7 destinations in Sudan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,699 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 83% of the year's 429 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Khartoum Sudan · 909 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
• N'Djamena Chad · 1,079 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Port Sudan Sudan · 1,548 km · best in Feb · 2,938 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 1,551 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Entebbe Uganda · 1,571 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
• Kigali Rwanda · 1,661 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• El Fasher Sudan · 178 km · 3,794 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Abeche Chad · 488 km · 3,633 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Wau South Sudan · 584 km · 2,962 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• El-Obeid Sudan · 585 km · 3,699 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Malakal South Sudan · 782 km · 2,806 h sun/yr · best in Jul