Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Sudan weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Port Sudan: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes April a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (292 km away). In April its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Port Sudan, with 3.7 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Port Sudan ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest April highs and 17th of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 38.8°C; Port Sudan is 7.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.7 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Port Sudan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 17 | 5.5 | 11.111 h |
| February | 26.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 5.4 | 1.9 | 11.511 h |
| March | 28.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 31.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 12.613 h |
| May | 35.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 38.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.313 h |
| July | 40.5°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 3.9 | 1.3 | 13.213 h |
| August | 40.6°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 4.2 | 1.3 | 12.813 h |
| September | 37.8°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 12.312 h |
| October | 33.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 14 | 3.9 | 11.712 h |
| November | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 42 | 12.4 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 41 | 11.8 | 11.011 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
April in nearby cities
- Jeddah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 292 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Al Līth in AprilSaudi Arabia · 325 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 25.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Makkah in AprilSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 35.3°C · Low 21.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AprilSaudi Arabia · 362 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Ta’if in AprilSaudi Arabia · 381 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Rābigh in AprilSaudi Arabia · 401 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Atbara in AprilSudan · 401 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in AprilSudan · 409 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 0.3 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 Port Sudan) is explained once on the Port Sudan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.