El Fasher weather in October

In October, El Fasher sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 4 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is El Fasher's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Fasher's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
1.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:13 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
25%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

El Fasher is capital city of North Darfur, Sudan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical October day in El Fasher reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and about 3°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in El Fasher

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

El Fasher weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 12°0011.38.3
Feb31° / 14°0011.56.4
Mar34° / 18°0011.94.3
Apr36° / 21°10.212.32.5
May37° / 23°51.512.61.7
Jun37° / 24°10312.81.8
Jul34° / 23°6712.512.72.7
Aug32° / 22°10416.512.53.4
Sep35° / 23°235.712.13.1
Oct35° / 22°41.211.73.5
Nov31° / 17°0011.45.9
Dec28° / 13°0011.28.1

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18218
28218
38317
48317
58317
68515
78515
88515
98515
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

El Fasher gets around 4 mm of rain over 1.2 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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29
38
48
58
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77
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 87% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
16815134
26915124
37014124
47114114
57413103
67413103
7761293
8781183
9801073
1081973
1182963
1285852
1386752
1487652
1589542
1689542
1791432
1892431
1992431
2094321
2194321
2294321
2395221
2496211
2596211
2697210
2798110
2898110
2998110
3099100
3199100

Wind in October

Winds average 11 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:11 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 6:48 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.97:117:04
211.97:117:03
311.97:117:03
411.87:117:02
511.87:127:01
611.87:127:01
711.87:127:00
811.87:126:59
911.87:126:59
1011.87:126:58
1111.87:126:57
1211.77:126:57
1311.77:126:56
1411.77:136:55
1511.77:136:55
1611.77:136:54
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1911.77:146:53
2011.67:146:52
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2411.67:156:50
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2611.67:156:49
2711.67:156:49
2811.57:166:49
2911.57:166:48
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3111.57:176:48

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.94 kWh/m² to a high of 7.75 kWh/m² in April across the year — October's 6.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for El Fasher

In seasonPeak

In October, El Fasher sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

El Fasher sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in April.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit El Fasher?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in El Fasher. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for El Fasher in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, El Fasher sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in El Fasher in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Fasher peaks around April 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 11UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in El Fasher in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in El Fasher is worst in March — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.0× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1666 µg/m³Aug 2323 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb56Unhealthy
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr55Unhealthy
May46Poor
Jun36Poor
Jul31Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct37Poor
Nov33Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is El Fasher?

El Fasher sits at 13.6°N, 25.3°E, 748 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Mellit, 60 km away.

Sh'īarīahKabkābīyahKasNyalaZalinjayEl Daein

Topography around El Fasher

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of El Fasher.

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Fasher has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 740 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 359 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 904 m.

The land around El Fasher is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) and bare terrain (21%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and bare terrain (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
359 m
80 km
904 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
October weather nearby: Mellit 60 km · Kutum 97 km · Sh'īarīah 135 km · Kabkābīyah 137 km · Kas 170 km · Nyala 183 km · Zalinjay 218 km · El Daein 255 km

Sudan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / F / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 215% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,165
2025
Happiness
4.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate
5.1
per 100k, 2008
Road deaths
26.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 421

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for El Fasher (13.6279°, 25.3494°, elevation 748 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).