Climate averages 1991–2020
Kassala weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kassala: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qadarif (192 km away). In August its highs average 30.7°C, 2.4°C cooler than Kassala, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Kassala ranks joint 8th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Kassala is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 36.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 24 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
Kassala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.311 h |
| February | 34.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 37.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 1.1 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| May | 40.4°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 7.0 | 1.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 39.1°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 10 | 2.8 | 13.013 h |
| July | 35.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 12.1 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 33.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 72 | 13.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 36.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 24 | 6.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 37.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 4.9 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| November | 36.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.411 h |
| December | 33.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.211 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
- Al Qadarif in AugustSudan · 192 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Keren in AugustEritrea · 223 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 193 mm rain
- Inda Silasē in AugustEthiopia · 252 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 15.2°C · 507 mm rain
- Asmara in AugustEritrea · 272 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 211 mm rain
- Aksum in AugustEthiopia · 290 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 297 mm rain
- Adwa in AugustEthiopia · 304 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.9°C · 270 mm rain
- Wad Medani in AugustSudan · 331 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in AugustSudan · 352 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 27.1°C · 9.4 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 Kassala) is explained once on the Kassala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.