Climate and average weather in Ar Rahad
In Ar Rahad, the summers are sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are hot and clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ar Rahad typically varies from 16°C to 39°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 42°C. May is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Ar Rahad for warm-weather activities are from early January to early February and early December to late December.
- Hottest
- May
- 39°
- Coldest
- Jan
- 16°
- Wettest
- Aug
- 93 mm
- Driest
- Feb
- 0 mm
- Rain / yr
- 301 mm
- 67 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.3–12.7 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 506 m
- 12.7°N
- Clearest
- Nov
- 17% cloud
Ar Rahad is town in central Sudan..
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Ar Rahad weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to early February.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Ar Rahad, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 2.6 months, from March 30 to June 17, with daily high temperatures above 37°C. The hottest month of the year in Ar Rahad is May, with an average high of 39°C and low of 26°C.
The cool season lasts 1.9 months, from December 10 to February 4, with daily high temperatures below 31°C. The coldest month of the year in Ar Rahad is January, with an average low of 16°C and high of 30°C.
Days typically run about 13°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 15°C) in April.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 30 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 31 |
| Avg low (°C) | 16 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 17 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 16 |
| Feb | 32 | 18 |
| Mar | 36 | 21 |
| Apr | 39 | 23 |
| May | 39 | 26 |
| Jun | 37 | 26 |
| Jul | 34 | 24 |
| Aug | 32 | 23 |
| Sep | 34 | 24 |
| Oct | 36 | 24 |
| Nov | 34 | 21 |
| Dec | 31 | 17 |
How hot and cold Ar Rahad really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Ar Rahad feels like about 40°C (around May 3). About 295 days a year carry some heat stress, and 29 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 30 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 34 | 31 |
| Air high (°C) | 30 | 32 | 36 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 34 | 32 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 31 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 16 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 17 |
| Air low (°C) | 16 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 17 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30 | 30 | 16 | 16 |
| Feb | 32 | 32 | 18 | 18 |
| Mar | 36 | 36 | 21 | 21 |
| Apr | 39 | 39 | 23 | 23 |
| May | 39 | 39 | 26 | 26 |
| Jun | 38 | 37 | 26 | 26 |
| Jul | 36 | 34 | 24 | 24 |
| Aug | 35 | 32 | 23 | 23 |
| Sep | 37 | 34 | 23 | 24 |
| Oct | 37 | 36 | 24 | 24 |
| Nov | 34 | 34 | 21 | 21 |
| Dec | 31 | 31 | 17 | 17 |
Average hourly temperature in Ar Rahad
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on May afternoons, near 39°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 16°C.
Ar Rahad weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30° / 16° | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 6.7 |
| Feb | 32° / 18° | 0 | 0 | 11.6 | 5.1 |
| Mar | 36° / 21° | 0 | 0.2 | 11.9 | 2.8 |
| Apr | 39° / 23° | 2 | 0.7 | 12.3 | 0.9 |
| May | 39° / 26° | 17 | 5.2 | 12.6 | 0.6 |
| Jun | 37° / 26° | 33 | 9 | 12.7 | 1.6 |
| Jul | 34° / 24° | 79 | 16 | 12.7 | 2.7 |
| Aug | 32° / 23° | 93 | 17.2 | 12.4 | 3.3 |
| Sep | 34° / 24° | 57 | 12.6 | 12.1 | 2.9 |
| Oct | 36° / 24° | 19 | 5.7 | 11.7 | 2.2 |
| Nov | 34° / 21° | 0 | 0 | 11.4 | 3.9 |
| Dec | 31° / 17° | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 6.2 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Ar Rahad gets about 301 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is some rain, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 4.9 months, from around May 20 to Oct 16, peaking in August at about 59% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.
August is the wettest month by volume, with 93 mm over about 17 wet days; February is the driest, with 0 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 32 | 51 | 55 | 42 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Rain days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 1 | 0 |
| Apr | 3 | 1 |
| May | 16 | 5 |
| Jun | 32 | 9 |
| Jul | 51 | 16 |
| Aug | 55 | 17 |
| Sep | 42 | 13 |
| Oct | 18 | 6 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Ar Rahad collects about 301 mm of rain across 67 wet days — roughly 25 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 93 mm, while February is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 76% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 33 | 79 | 93 | 57 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Rain days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 2 | 1 |
| May | 17 | 5 |
| Jun | 33 | 9 |
| Jul | 79 | 16 |
| Aug | 93 | 17 |
| Sep | 57 | 13 |
| Oct | 19 | 6 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Ar Rahad, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around October 13 and lasts for 7.1 months, ending around May 16. The clearest month is November, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 90% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around May 17 and lasts for 4.9 months, ending around October 12. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 45% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 85 | 85 | 86 | 85 | 77 | 70 | 60 | 55 | 66 | 78 | 90 | 89 |
| Cloudier (%) | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 30 | 40 | 45 | 34 | 22 | 10 | 11 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 85 | 15 |
| Feb | 85 | 15 |
| Mar | 86 | 14 |
| Apr | 85 | 15 |
| May | 77 | 23 |
| Jun | 70 | 30 |
| Jul | 60 | 40 |
| Aug | 55 | 45 |
| Sep | 66 | 34 |
| Oct | 78 | 22 |
| Nov | 90 | 10 |
| Dec | 89 | 11 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 25, brings about 12 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 24 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:27 | 7:25 | 7:10 | 6:49 | 6:36 | 6:35 | 6:43 | 6:49 | 6:50 | 6:51 | 7:01 | 7:16 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:46 | 6:59 | 7:04 | 7:06 | 7:11 | 7:20 | 7:23 | 7:14 | 6:54 | 6:34 | 6:25 | 6:31 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11.3 | 7:27 | 6:46 |
| Feb | 11.6 | 7:25 | 6:59 |
| Mar | 11.9 | 7:10 | 7:04 |
| Apr | 12.3 | 6:49 | 7:06 |
| May | 12.6 | 6:36 | 7:11 |
| Jun | 12.7 | 6:35 | 7:20 |
| Jul | 12.7 | 6:43 | 7:23 |
| Aug | 12.4 | 6:49 | 7:14 |
| Sep | 12.1 | 6:50 | 6:54 |
| Oct | 11.7 | 6:51 | 6:34 |
| Nov | 11.4 | 7:01 | 6:25 |
| Dec | 11.3 | 7:16 | 6:31 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Ar Rahad averages about 18 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 25 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 6.9 months, from around Oct 19 to May 16. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 24 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is August, down near 8 sunny days — about 69% fewer than the November peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 23 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 25 |
| Sky | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy | Mixed | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23 | Bright |
| Feb | 21 | Bright |
| Mar | 23 | Bright |
| Apr | 22 | Bright |
| May | 18 | Bright |
| Jun | 13 | Mixed |
| Jul | 9 | Mixed |
| Aug | 8 | Gloomy |
| Sep | 11 | Mixed |
| Oct | 18 | Bright |
| Nov | 24 | Brilliant |
| Dec | 25 | Brilliant |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Ar Rahad, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 5.1 months, from around May 19 to October 21. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 22 to May 18, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 100 | 100 | 99 | 89 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 96 | 100 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Muggy (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 52 | 78 | 51 | 53 | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar | 99 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr | 89 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 51 | 10 | 20 | 16 | 2 |
| Jun | 8 | 7 | 27 | 52 | 6 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 | 6 | 78 | 15 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 48 |
| Sep | 1 | 1 | 6 | 53 | 39 |
| Oct | 35 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 7 |
| Nov | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Ar Rahad is typically calm, near 11 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 4.7 months, from around Nov 16 to Apr 7. The windiest month is February, averaging about 13 km/h (light breeze).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Aug 5 to Nov 15, with October the calmest month at about 9 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 12 |
| Feels | light breeze | light breeze | light breeze | calm | calm | light breeze | light breeze | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | light breeze |
| Feb | 13 | light breeze |
| Mar | 12 | light breeze |
| Apr | 11 | calm |
| May | 10 | calm |
| Jun | 12 | light breeze |
| Jul | 12 | light breeze |
| Aug | 10 | calm |
| Sep | 9 | calm |
| Oct | 9 | calm |
| Nov | 11 | calm |
| Dec | 12 | calm |
Hazard calendar for Ar Rahad
When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.
Ar Rahad sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.
Best time to visit Ar Rahad
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Ar Rahad throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around late January, Ar Rahad is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Ar Rahad for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to early February, with a peak score in the second week of January.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 6.7 | 5.1 | 2.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.9 | 6.2 |
| Rating | good | fair | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | poor | fair | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.7 | good |
| Feb | 5.1 | fair |
| Mar | 2.8 | poor |
| Apr | 1.0 | poor |
| May | 0.6 | poor |
| Jun | 1.6 | poor |
| Jul | 2.7 | poor |
| Aug | 3.3 | poor |
| Sep | 2.9 | poor |
| Oct | 2.2 | poor |
| Nov | 3.9 | fair |
| Dec | 6.2 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Ar Rahad for hot-weather activities is from mid November to early March, with a peak score in the first week of January.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Ar Rahad, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
For a warm-season trip around May (highs near 39°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 30°C), pack light clothes and sun protection.
In May, Ar Rahad sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Ar Rahad by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ar Rahad peaks around March 16 at about 13 (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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | Very high |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | Extreme |
| Feb | 13 | Extreme |
| Mar | 13 | Extreme |
| Apr | 12 | Extreme |
| May | 10 | Very high |
| Jun | 11 | Extreme |
| Jul | 10 | Extreme |
| Aug | 13 | Extreme |
| Sep | 11 | Extreme |
| Oct | 11 | Extreme |
| Nov | 9 | Very high |
| Dec | 8 | Very high |
Average hourly UV index in Ar Rahad
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 7 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7 | 6.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | 5 |
| Feb | 7.5 | 6 |
| Mar | 8 | 6 |
| Apr | 8 | 6 |
| May | 7.5 | 5 |
| Jun | 8 | 6 |
| Jul | 8 | 5.5 |
| Aug | 8 | 6.5 |
| Sep | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Oct | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Nov | 7 | 4.5 |
| Dec | 6.5 | 4 |
Air quality in Ar Rahad by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Ar Rahad is worst in March — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.9× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 42 | 44 | 51 | 41 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 34 |
| Level | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42 | Poor |
| Feb | 44 | Poor |
| Mar | 51 | Poor |
| Apr | 41 | Poor |
| May | 27 | Moderate |
| Jun | 21 | Moderate |
| Jul | 17 | Moderate |
| Aug | 13 | Moderate |
| Sep | 15 | Moderate |
| Oct | 23 | Moderate |
| Nov | 24 | Moderate |
| Dec | 34 | Moderate |
Growing season
Ar Rahad is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Ar Rahad banks about 6,612 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 400 | 421 | 563 | 631 | 692 | 639 | 587 | 549 | 561 | 617 | 521 | 430 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 400 |
| Feb | 421 |
| Mar | 563 |
| Apr | 631 |
| May | 692 |
| Jun | 639 |
| Jul | 587 |
| Aug | 549 |
| Sep | 561 |
| Oct | 617 |
| Nov | 521 |
| Dec | 430 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Ar Rahad receives about 6.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 5.6 and 7.5 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.1 months, from around Jan 31 to Jun 5. The brightest month is April, averaging about 7.5 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is August, down near 5.7 kWh/m² — roughly 23% less than the April peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.1 | Intense |
| Feb | 6.6 | Intense |
| Mar | 7.2 | Intense |
| Apr | 7.5 | Intense |
| May | 6.9 | Intense |
| Jun | 6.2 | Intense |
| Jul | 5.7 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.7 | Bright |
| Sep | 6.1 | Intense |
| Oct | 6.1 | Intense |
| Nov | 6.2 | Intense |
| Dec | 5.9 | Bright |
Where is Ar Rahad?
Ar Rahad sits at 12.7°N, 30.6°E, 506 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Umm Ruwaba, 65 km away.
Topography around Ar Rahad
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ar Rahad.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Ar Rahad has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 494 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 944 m.
The land around Ar Rahad is covered by grassland (39%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and cropland (24%) within 80 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 Ar Rahad (12.7167°, 30.65°, elevation 506 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).