Climate averages 1991–2020
Khartoum weather
in August.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 7th 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 Khartoum: daytime highs average 37.0°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Manāqil (153 km away). In August its highs average 34.6°C, 2.4°C cooler than Khartoum, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Khartoum ranks 4th of 22 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Khartoum is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 38.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 9.4 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
Khartoum climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| February | 32.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 35.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 40.7°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 3.2 | 1.2 | 12.813 h |
| June | 40.4°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 3.1 | 1.1 | 13.013 h |
| July | 37.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 20 | 4.7 | 13.013 h |
| August, selected | 37.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 24 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 38.6°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 9.4 | 2.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 38.3°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| December | 30.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0 | 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 Manāqil in AugustSudan · 153 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Wad Medani in AugustSudan · 166 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Ad Douiem in AugustSudan · 174 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Sennar in AugustSudan · 247 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Kosti in AugustSudan · 266 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in AugustSudan · 275 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 27.1°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Atbara in AugustSudan · 285 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Singa in AugustSudan · 307 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 117 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 Khartoum) is explained once on the Khartoum year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.