An Nuhūd weather in August

In August, An Nuhūd sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 88 mm of rain across 15 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-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 22% 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 An Nuhūd's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see An Nuhūd's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
88 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:58 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover
61%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

An Nuhūd is city of the state of West Kordofan, 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 An Nuhūd reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°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 1°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in An Nuhūd

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.

An Nuhūd weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°0011.36.8
Feb32° / 18°0011.65.0
Mar36° / 21°00.111.92.8
Apr38° / 24°20.512.31.1
May38° / 25°164.112.61.0
Jun36° / 25°298.212.71.9
Jul33° / 24°6513.712.73.1
Aug32° / 23°881512.43.6
Sep34° / 23°531112.13.1
Oct36° / 23°16411.72.5
Nov34° / 21°0011.44.2
Dec31° / 17°0011.36.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% 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 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
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104654
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

An Nuhūd gets around 88 mm of rain over 15 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 48% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3142

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 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
126830
226731
326632
426533
526434
626236
726137
826038
925840
1025741
1125642
1225543
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2105446
2205545
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2505743
2615643
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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 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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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 6:55 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 7:29 PM to 7:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:557:29
212.66:557:29
312.66:567:29
412.56:567:28
512.56:567:28
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712.56:567:27
812.56:577:27
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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 5.72 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.72 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for An Nuhūd

In seasonPeak

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

An Nuhūd sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit An Nuhūd?

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
5.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in An Nuhūd.

What to pack for An Nuhūd in August

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

In August, An Nuhūd sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in An Nuhūd in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in An Nuhūd peaks around February 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 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 highFeb 20UV 12Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in An Nuhūd 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 An Nuhūd is worst in March — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1655 µg/m³Aug 2413 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb47Poor
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr46Poor
May33Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is An Nuhūd?

An Nuhūd sits at 12.7°N, 28.4°E, 571 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Abū Zabad, 97 km away.

Al FūlahGhubayshDillingBabanūsahAl MijladEl ObeidKadugli

Topography around An Nuhūd

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around An Nuhūd has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 574 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m.

The land around An Nuhūd is covered by grassland (54%) and artificial surfaces (36%) within 3 km, grassland (79%) within 16 km, and grassland (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
104 m
80 km
232 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Abū Zabad 97 km · Al Fūlah 108 km · Ghubaysh 133 km · Dilling 151 km · Babanūsah 167 km · Al Mijlad 200 km · El Obeid 201 km · Kadugli 234 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 An Nuhūd (12.7°, 28.4333°, elevation 571 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).