Al Ḩawātah weather in August

In August, Al Ḩawātah sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 129 mm of rain across 19.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Al Ḩawātah's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Al Ḩawātah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
129 mm
19.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:32 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
70%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Al Ḩawātah is city of the state of Gedaref, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Al Ḩawātah reaches about 32°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 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Al Ḩawātah

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.

Al Ḩawātah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 21°0011.33.3
Feb37° / 22°0011.61.9
Mar40° / 25°10.211.90.2
Apr41° / 27°30.812.30.0
May40° / 28°23612.60.1
Jun38° / 26°421012.81.0
Jul34° / 24°10718.412.72.4
Aug32° / 23°12919.312.43.2
Sep34° / 24°6211.912.13.0
Oct37° / 25°277.211.72.0
Nov38° / 24°10.211.41.7
Dec36° / 22°0011.22.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
33070
43070
52971
62971
72971
83070
93070
103070
113070
123169
133169
143169
153367
163367
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183565
193565
203763
213763
223862
233961
243961
254060
264258
274357
284357
294456
304555
314654

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Al Ḩawātah gets around 129 mm of rain over 19.3 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 62% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
163
263
363
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563
663
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1963
2063
2162
2261
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2460
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2658
2757
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3055
3155

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
104654
204456
304357
404159
503961
603763
703565
803367
913168
1012970
1112772
1212673
1312475
1412376
1512277
1612079
1711980
1811881
1911881
2011782
2111782
2211683
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3011782
3111782

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:29 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:297:06
212.66:307:05
312.66:307:05
412.66:307:05
512.66:307:04
612.66:317:04
712.56:317:03
812.56:317:03
912.56:317:02
1012.56:317:02
1112.56:317:02
1212.56:327:01
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1612.46:326:59
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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 5.21 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.21 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.21 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Al Ḩawātah

In seasonPeak

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

Al Ḩawātah sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Al Ḩawātah?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Al Ḩawātah.

What to pack for Al Ḩawātah in August

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

In August, Al Ḩawātah sees daytime highs around 32°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 Al Ḩawātah 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 Al Ḩawātah peaks around March 24 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 highExtremeVery highMar 24UV 13Dec 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Al Ḩawātah 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 Al Ḩawātah is worst in March — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (November, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 2134 µg/m³Nov 1216 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb30Moderate
Mar34Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Al Ḩawātah?

Al Ḩawātah sits at 13.4°N, 34.6°E, 445 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Ad-Dindar, 59 km away.

MaiurnoAl QadarifSennar

Topography around Al Ḩawātah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Al Ḩawātah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 12 m around an average of 442 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m.

The land around Al Ḩawātah is covered by cropland (55%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (81%) within 16 km, and cropland (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
12 m
16 km
32 m
80 km
343 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
August weather nearby: Ad-Dindar 59 km · Singa 82 km · As Sūkī 82 km · Umm Shawkah 94 km · Al-Fāw 97 km · Maiurno 105 km · Al Qadarif 106 km · Sennar 117 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 Al Ḩawātah (13.4167°, 34.6333°, elevation 445 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).