Climate averages 1991–2020
An Nuhūd weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in An Nuhūd: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Obeid (201 km away). In August its highs average 32.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than An Nuhūd, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, An Nuhūd ranks 14th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; An Nuhūd is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 88 mm to 53 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
An Nuhūd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 32.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 16 | 4.0 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 28 | 8.1 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 65 | 13.6 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 31.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 88 | 15.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 53 | 10.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 16 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- El Obeid in AugustSudan · 201 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Kadugli in AugustSudan · 234 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 187 mm rain
- El Daein in AugustSudan · 286 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 110 mm rain
- El Fasher in AugustSudan · 349 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Gereida in AugustSudan · 392 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 131 mm rain
- Nyala in AugustSudan · 393 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Winejok in AugustSouth Sudan · 421 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in AugustSudan · 444 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 An Nuhūd) is explained once on the An Nuhūd year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.