Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Sudan weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Port Sudan: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (292 km away). In January its highs average 26.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Port Sudan, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Port Sudan ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest January highs and 22nd of 22 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 22 cities is 31.1°C; Port Sudan is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 5.4 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Jeddah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 292 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Al Līth in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 325 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Makkah in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 362 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 8.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Ta’if in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 381 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Rābigh in JanuarySaudi Arabia · 401 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Atbara in JanuarySudan · 401 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in JanuarySudan · 409 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 14.4°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.