Atbara weather in July

In July, Atbara sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of July to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Atbara's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Atbara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
4th warmest
Overnight low
28°
11th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
1.7 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:21 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
32%
11th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Atbara is city in Sudan.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month.

A typical July day in Atbara 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 38°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Atbara

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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 July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Atbara weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°0011.17.5
Feb31° / 17°0011.46.0
Mar35° / 20°0011.93.6
Apr39° / 24°00.112.40.9
May41° / 27°10.512.80.0
Jun42° / 29°00.2130.0
Jul40° / 28°71.7130.1
Aug40° / 28°92.412.60.2
Sep40° / 28°20.512.10.0
Oct39° / 26°0011.61.1
Nov34° / 22°0011.24.1
Dec30° / 18°00116.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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28812
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78515
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Atbara gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.7 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 5% and peaks near 11% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
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42
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 16% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
17711741
27512841
37312951
471131051
569131161
666141271
764141372
862151382
960151492
1059151592
11561616102
12551617102
13531618112
14521619112
15511619122
16501620122
17481620132
18471621133
19461621143
20451622143
21431622154
22421622164
23401623175
24391623175
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26351524206
27331525216
28311525227
29291526237
30271526257
31261527267

Wind in July

Winds average 17 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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517light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of July to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:16 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:167:19
213.06:167:19
313.06:177:19
413.06:177:19
513.06:177:19
613.06:177:19
713.06:187:19
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.76 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.68 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 6.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.1Intense
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Atbara

In seasonPeak

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

Atbara sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Atbara?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Atbara.

What to pack for Atbara in July

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

In July, Atbara sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Atbara in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Atbara peaks around April 15 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highVery highApr 15UV 12Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Atbara in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Atbara is worst in March — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (September, 33 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1456 µg/m³Sep 1333 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan54Poor
Feb53Poor
Mar57Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May47Poor
Jun40Poor
Jul35Moderate
Aug34Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct36Poor
Nov38Poor
Dec45Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Atbara?

Atbara sits at 17.7°N, 34.0°E, 358 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Ad-Damir, 12 km away.

ShendiKuraymahKhartoum NorthOmdurmanKhartoum

Topography around Atbara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Atbara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 352 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 255 m.

The land around Atbara is covered by artificial surfaces (37%) and bare terrain (26%) within 3 km, bare terrain (72%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
64 m
80 km
255 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Ad-Damir 12 km · Berber 36 km · El Bauga 63 km · Shendi 127 km · Kuraymah 245 km · Khartoum North 276 km · Omdurman 280 km · Khartoum 285 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 Atbara (17.7022°, 33.9864°, elevation 358 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).