Climate averages 1991–2020
Port Sudan weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Port Sudan: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jeddah (292 km away). In October its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Port Sudan, with 3.2 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Sudan, Port Sudan ranks joint 19th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 35.8°C; Port Sudan is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 4.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Jeddah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 292 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 26.1°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Al Līth in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 325 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 26.4°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Makkah in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 338 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Ash Shafā in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 362 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ta’if in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 381 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Rābigh in OctoberSaudi Arabia · 401 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Atbara in OctoberSudan · 401 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Ad-Damir in OctoberSudan · 409 kmHigh 38.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 0.8 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.