As Sūkī weather in May

In May, As Sūkī sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 22 mm of rain across 5.6 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is As Sūkī's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see As Sūkī's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
22 mm
5.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:22 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
37%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

As Sūkī is city in Sudan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical May day in As Sūkī reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in As Sūkī

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

As Sūkī weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 2nd-warmest and 6th-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 May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 61% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

As Sūkī gets around 22 mm of rain over 5.6 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 17% and peaks near 27% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 24% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
159141881
258141891
3541519102
4531519112
5511620112
6501620122
7491621132
8471622132
9461622142
10451723142
11431723152
12421724152
13401824153
14381825163
15361826163
16351827174
17331828174
18311729184
19291730195
20271631215
21241632226
22221533236
23201434257
24181434268
25161335278
26141336289
27131237299
28111138319
29101039329
30910393310
3189403410

Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 11 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 May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 7:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:286:56
212.56:276:56
312.56:276:56
412.56:266:56
512.56:266:56
612.56:266:57
712.56:256:57
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 6.65 kWh/m².

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 — May's 6.65 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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67.0Intense
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236.5Intense
246.4Intense
256.4Intense
266.4Intense
276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for As Sūkī

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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May
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is May a good time to visit As Sūkī?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
2.6
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for As Sūkī in May

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

In May, As Sūkī sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in As Sūkī in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May 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 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 May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May 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
May 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).