Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Sudan weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Port Sudan: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 58 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (292 km away). In December its highs average 28.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Port Sudan, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Port Sudan ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest December highs and 22nd of 22 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 22 cities is 31.9°C; Port Sudan is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Jeddah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 292 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Al Līth in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 325 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 19 mm rain
- Makkah in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 362 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.1°C · 26 mm rain
- Ta’if in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 381 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Rābigh in DecemberSaudi Arabia · 401 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Atbara in DecemberSudan · 401 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 16.5°C · 0 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in DecemberSudan · 409 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 0 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.