Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Sudan weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Port Sudan: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (292 km away). In March its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Port Sudan, with 4.1 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Port Sudan ranks 22nd of 22 for the warmest March highs and 20th of 22 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 22 cities is 36.4°C; Port Sudan is 7.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 2.7 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Jeddah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 292 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.2°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Al Līth in MarchSaudi Arabia · 325 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 6.5 mm rain
- Makkah in MarchSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in MarchSaudi Arabia · 362 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 10.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Ta’if in MarchSaudi Arabia · 381 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Rābigh in MarchSaudi Arabia · 401 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Atbara in MarchSudan · 401 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in MarchSudan · 409 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 18.5°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.