Ad-Damir weather in August

In August, Ad-Damir sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ad-Damir's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ad-Damir's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
5th warmest
Overnight low
28°
10th coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:30 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
34%
12th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Ad-Damir is human settlement.

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 40°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ad-Damir reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Ad-Damir

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Ad-Damir weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°0011.17.3
Feb32° / 17°0011.45.8
Mar35° / 20°0011.93.4
Apr39° / 24°00.112.40.8
May41° / 27°20.612.80.0
Jun42° / 29°00.1130.0
Jul40° / 28°82.112.90.1
Aug40° / 28°92.812.60.3
Sep40° / 28°20.612.10.0
Oct39° / 26°10.211.60.9
Nov34° / 22°0011.23.9
Dec31° / 18°00116.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ad-Damir gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.8 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 9% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 28% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 32% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11915283080
21815283180
31715283280
41715293280
51615293380
61615293370
71615293370
81615293370
91715293360
101715293260
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121916283161
132016283061
142116282951
152216282851
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Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 7:14 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:267:14
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312.86:277:13
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512.76:277:12
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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 6.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.68 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ad-Damir

In seasonPeak

In August, Ad-Damir sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Ad-Damir sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

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

Is August a good time to visit Ad-Damir?

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

0.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ad-Damir.

What to pack for Ad-Damir in August

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

In August, Ad-Damir sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ad-Damir in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ad-Damir peaks around April 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highVery highApr 15UV 12Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Ad-Damir 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 Ad-Damir is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1547 µg/m³Sep 1830 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan44Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar47Poor
Apr41Poor
May41Poor
Jun37Poor
Jul34Moderate
Aug31Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct31Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Ad-Damir?

Ad-Damir sits at 17.6°N, 34.0°E, 354 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Atbara, 12 km away.

ShendiKuraymahKhartoum NorthOmdurmanKhartoum

Topography around Ad-Damir

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ad-Damir.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ad-Damir has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 353 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m.

The land around Ad-Damir is covered by bare terrain (45%), artificial surfaces (22%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (58%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
59 m
80 km
249 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Atbara 12 km · Berber 47 km · El Bauga 74 km · Shendi 116 km · Kuraymah 248 km · Khartoum North 265 km · Omdurman 269 km · Khartoum 275 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 Ad-Damir (17.599°, 33.9721°, elevation 354 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).