Wad Medani weather in May

In May, Wad Medani sees average daytime highs of 42°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 11 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Wad Medani's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wad Medani's year-round climate.

Daytime high
42°
1st warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:22 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
30%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Wad Medani is city in Gezira State, Sudan.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 42°C through the month.

A typical May day in Wad Medani reaches about 42°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Wad Medani

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Wad Medani weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 19°00.111.24.8
Feb35° / 21°0011.53.2
Mar38° / 24°0011.91.1
Apr41° / 27°10.212.30.0
May42° / 28°113.412.70.0
Jun40° / 28°164.812.80.2
Jul37° / 26°5411.712.81.7
Aug35° / 25°6712.412.52.5
Sep37° / 26°286.312.11.8
Oct38° / 26°103.211.71.1
Nov37° / 24°00.211.32.2
Dec34° / 20°0011.24.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Wad Medani gets around 11 mm of rain over 3.4 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 10% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1819820
2819820
3809830
4799930
57810930
67710940
77710940
875101050
975101050
1074101050
1171111161
1271111161
1370111261
1469121261
1567121371
1664131472
1761141582
1860141682
1956151892
2054161992
21501621103
22481722113
23451723113
24421825123
25401826124
26371927134
27351928134
28332029134
29322030144
30302131144
31282132144

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:286:58
212.56:276:59
312.56:276:59
412.56:266:59
512.66:266:59
612.66:266:59
712.66:257:00
812.66:257:00
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.63 kWh/m² to a high of 7.47 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 6.99 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.3Intense
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37.3Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
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196.9Intense
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276.7Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Wad Medani

In seasonPeak

In May, Wad Medani sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Wad Medani sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in June.

Dust
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May
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Is May a good time to visit Wad Medani?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
1.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wad Medani.

What to pack for Wad Medani in May

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

In May, Wad Medani sees daytime highs around 42°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Wad Medani in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 Wad Medani peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 23UV 13Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Wad Medani in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Wad Medani is worst in March — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (August, 21 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1844 µg/m³Aug 1021 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb40Poor
Mar44Poor
Apr41Poor
May32Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug21Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Wad Medani?

Wad Medani sits at 14.4°N, 33.5°E, 410 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Rufā‘a, 43 km away.

Maiurno

Topography around Wad Medani

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wad Medani has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 407 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m.

The land around Wad Medani is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) within 16 km, and cropland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
29 m
80 km
223 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Rufā‘a 43 km · Al Hasaheisa 46 km · Kināna 55 km · Al Manāqil 60 km · Al Hilāliyya 67 km · Al-Fāw 70 km · Sennar 93 km · Maiurno 111 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 Wad Medani (14.4012°, 33.5199°, elevation 410 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).