Ar Rahad weather in August

In August, Ar Rahad sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 93 mm of rain across 17.2 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 25% 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 Ar Rahad's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ar Rahad's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
93 mm
17.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:49 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
59%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Ar Rahad is town in central 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 Ar Rahad 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 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Ar Rahad

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.

Ar Rahad 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°0011.36.7
Feb32° / 18°0011.65.1
Mar36° / 21°00.211.92.8
Apr39° / 23°20.712.30.9
May39° / 26°175.212.60.6
Jun37° / 26°33912.71.6
Jul34° / 24°791612.72.7
Aug32° / 23°9317.212.43.3
Sep34° / 24°5712.612.12.9
Oct36° / 24°195.711.72.2
Nov34° / 21°0011.43.9
Dec31° / 17°0011.36.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15644
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65545
75545
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95347
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ar Rahad gets around 93 mm of rain over 17.2 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 55% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
117029
216831
316732
416534
516336
616138
715940
815742
915445
1015247
1115049
1214851
1314752
1414554
1514455
1614455
1714356
1804357
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2104357
2204456
2304456
2404555
2504654
2604654
2704753
2804753
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3014851
3114851

Wind in August

Winds average 10 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
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 6:46 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 7:21 PM to 7:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:467:21
212.66:477:20
312.66:477:20
412.56:477:20
512.56:477:19
612.56:477:19
712.56:487:18
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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 5.71 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.71 kWh/m² to a high of 7.5 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ar Rahad

In seasonPeak

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

Ar Rahad sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Nov
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Is August a good time to visit Ar Rahad?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ar Rahad.

What to pack for Ar Rahad in August

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

In August, Ar Rahad sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ar Rahad in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 16UV 13Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Ar Rahad 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 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).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1550 µg/m³Aug 1813 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan42Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar51Poor
Apr41Poor
May27Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

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.

BārahDillingTandaltīAbu JibehaAbū ZabadKadugli

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.

3 km
33 m
16 km
50 m
80 km
944 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Umm Ruwaba 65 km · El Obeid 70 km · Bārah 114 km · Dilling 131 km · Tandaltī 136 km · Abu Jibeha 154 km · Abū Zabad 157 km · Kadugli 215 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).