Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Sudan weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Port Sudan: daytime highs average 40.5°C and nights cool to about 28.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.9 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (292 km away). In July 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 July highs and 1st of 22 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 22 cities is 34.3°C; Port Sudan is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 40.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.9 mm to 4.2 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Jeddah in JulySaudi Arabia · 292 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 27.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Al Līth in JulySaudi Arabia · 325 kmHigh 37.2°C · Low 28.2°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Makkah in JulySaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 26.3°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in JulySaudi Arabia · 362 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Ta’if in JulySaudi Arabia · 381 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Rābigh in JulySaudi Arabia · 401 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 26.3°C · 0 mm rain
- Atbara in JulySudan · 401 kmHigh 40.0°C · Low 27.4°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in JulySudan · 409 kmHigh 39.9°C · Low 27.2°C · 8.3 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.