Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Sudan weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Port Sudan: daytime highs average 40.6°C and nights cool to about 28.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes August a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (292 km away). In August its highs average 35.4°C, 5.2°C cooler than Port Sudan, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Port Sudan ranks 1st of 22 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 22 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 22 cities is 33.0°C; Port Sudan is 7.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 37.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.2 mm to under 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Jeddah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 292 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 28.3°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Al Līth in AugustSaudi Arabia · 325 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 28.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Makkah in AugustSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 26.5°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in AugustSaudi Arabia · 362 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Ta’if in AugustSaudi Arabia · 381 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Rābigh in AugustSaudi Arabia · 401 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 27.2°C · 0 mm rain
- Atbara in AugustSudan · 401 kmHigh 39.8°C · Low 27.3°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in AugustSudan · 409 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 Port Sudan) is explained once on the Port Sudan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.