Climate averages 1991–2020
Ad-Damir weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Ad-Damir: daytime highs average 39.7°C and nights cool to about 27.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.4 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Atbara (12 km away). In August its highs average 39.8°C, about as warm as Ad-Damir, with 8.7 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Ad-Damir ranks 3rd of 22 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Ad-Damir is 6.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 40.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.4 mm to 2.1 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Ad-Damir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.211 h |
| February | 31.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 34.7°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 38.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.513 h |
| May | 41.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.913 h |
| June | 41.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 13.213 h |
| July | 39.9°C27.2°C | 27.2°C | 8.3 | 2.1 | 13.113 h |
| August, selected | 39.7°C27.1°C | 27.1°C | 9.4 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| September | 40.5°C26.8°C | 26.8°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 38.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| November | 33.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| December | 30.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.111 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Atbara in AugustSudan · 12 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Khartoum in AugustSudan · 275 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 26.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Kassala in AugustSudan · 352 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Wad Medani in AugustSudan · 359 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Al Manāqil in AugustSudan · 387 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Port Sudan in AugustSudan · 409 kmHigh 40.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Al Qadarif in AugustSudan · 424 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in AugustSudan · 438 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Ad-Damir) is explained once on the Ad-Damir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.