Abū Zabad weather in August

In August, Abū Zabad sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 107 mm of rain across 18.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Abū Zabad's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Abū Zabad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
107 mm
18.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:55 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
64%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Abū Zabad is human settlement in Sudan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Abū Zabad reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Abū Zabad

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Abū Zabad weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 17°0011.46.2
Feb33° / 19°0011.64.6
Mar36° / 22°10.211.92.4
Apr39° / 24°31.212.30.9
May38° / 25°276.512.61.1
Jun35° / 25°431112.72.2
Jul32° / 23°7816.112.73.3
Aug31° / 23°10718.712.43.6
Sep32° / 23°7513.912.13.4
Oct35° / 23°296.511.72.8
Nov34° / 21°00.111.43.8
Dec31° / 18°0011.35.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
34357
44357
54258
64258
74258
84258
94258
104159
114258
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144456
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Abū Zabad gets around 107 mm of rain over 18.7 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 60% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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257
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3156

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
116732
216633
316534
416336
516237
616138
715940
815841
915643
1015544
1115445
1215247
1315148
1415049
1514950
1614950
1714851
1804852
1904852
2004852
2104852
2204852
2304852
2404852
2504951
2604951
2704852
2804852
2904852
3004852
3104852

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 7:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:537:26
212.56:537:25
312.56:537:25
412.56:537:25
512.56:537:24
612.56:537:24
712.56:547:24
812.56:547:23
912.56:547:23
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1212.56:547:21
1312.46:547:21
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.5 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.41 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.3Bright
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45.3Bright
55.3Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Abū Zabad

In seasonPeak

None of Abū Zabad's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Abū Zabad sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Abū Zabad?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Abū Zabad.

What to pack for Abū Zabad in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Abū Zabad sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Abū Zabad in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Abū Zabad peaks around March 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 13UV 13Dec 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Abū Zabad in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Abū Zabad is worst in March — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.1× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateModerateMar 1746 µg/m³Aug 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Moderate
Feb39Poor
Mar48Poor
Apr39Poor
May23Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep12Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Abū Zabad?

Abū Zabad sits at 12.3°N, 29.3°E, 559 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Dilling, 55 km away.

Al FūlahEl ObeidAr RahadKadugliBārahBabanūsah

Topography around Abū Zabad

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Abū Zabad.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Abū Zabad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 565 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 567 m.

The land around Abū Zabad is covered by cropland (50%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
73 m
80 km
567 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Dilling 55 km · An Nuhūd 97 km · Al Fūlah 119 km · El Obeid 140 km · Ar Rahad 157 km · Kadugli 157 km · Bārah 193 km · Babanūsah 194 km

Sudan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / F / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 215% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,165
2025
Happiness
4.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate
5.1
per 100k, 2008
Road deaths
26.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 421

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Abū Zabad (12.35°, 29.25°, elevation 559 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).