Nyala
City in Sudan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Nyala market street and post office 2012 P1010331 608 kb: Leovdvxxx, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nyala is a city in Sudan, in Southern Darfur. About 565,734 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Sudan in our atlas.
It lies at 12.05° N, 24.88° E, about 661 m (2,169 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Khartoum time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Nyala. Green dots: other major cities of Sudan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nyala has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 39°C (103°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 14°C (56°F). Around 429 mm (17 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in SudanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- El Daein · 150 km
- El Fasher · 183 km
- El Obeid · 593 km
- Kosti · 854 km
- Omdurman · 916 km
- Khartoum · 917 km
- Khartoum North · 922 km
- Wad Medani · 973 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 369004 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q851576 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Nyala market street and post office 2012 P1010331 608 kb: Leovdvxxx, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)