As Sūkī weather in August

In August, As Sūkī sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 117 mm of rain across 17.8 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 14% 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 As Sūkī's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As Sūkī's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
4th coldest
Rainfall
117 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:35 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
67%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

As Sūkī is city in 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 As Sūkī reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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 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 As Sūkī

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.

As Sūkī 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
Jan34° / 20°0011.33.9
Feb36° / 22°0011.62.4
Mar39° / 24°10.211.90.5
Apr41° / 27°30.812.30.0
May40° / 28°225.612.60.1
Jun38° / 27°399.512.81.0
Jul34° / 25°911712.72.3
Aug32° / 24°11717.812.43.1
Sep34° / 24°5711.112.12.8
Oct37° / 25°25711.71.8
Nov37° / 24°10.311.41.8
Dec35° / 21°0011.23.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%. 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

As Sūkī gets around 117 mm of rain over 17.8 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 57% 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 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 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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214950
314752
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514356
614158
713960
813762
913564
1013366
1113168
1213069
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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

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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 6:33 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:337:08
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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 5.34 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.34 kWh/m² to a high of 7.3 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.34 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for As Sūkī

In seasonPeak

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

As Sūkī sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Dust
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Sep
Oct
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Is August a good time to visit As Sūkī?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in As Sūkī.

What to pack for As Sūkī in August

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

In August, As Sūkī sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in As Sūkī 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 As Sūkī peaks around March 19 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 19UV 13Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in As Sūkī 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 As Sūkī is worst in March — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1841 µg/m³Aug 1518 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr38Poor
May25Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is As Sūkī?

As Sūkī sits at 13.3°N, 33.9°E, 428 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Umm Shawkah, 13 km away.

Kināna

Topography around As Sūkī

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around As Sūkī has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 429 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m.

The land around As Sūkī is covered by cropland (42%) within 3 km, cropland (74%) within 16 km, and cropland (83%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
21 m
80 km
272 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Umm Shawkah 13 km · Singa 19 km · Ad-Dindar 23 km · Maiurno 26 km · Sennar 44 km · Al Ḩawātah 82 km · Al-Fāw 91 km · Kināna 111 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 As Sūkī (13.3167°, 33.8833°, elevation 428 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).