Berber weather in August

In August, Berber sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 8 mm of rain across 1.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-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 70% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Berber's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Berber's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
5th warmest
Overnight low
29°
11th coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
1.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:30 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
31%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Berber is town of the state of River Nile, 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 40°C through the month.

A typical August day in Berber reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 11°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, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Berber

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Berber weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°00117.8
Feb31° / 17°0011.46.2
Mar35° / 20°0011.93.8
Apr38° / 24°00.112.41.1
May41° / 27°10.512.80.0
Jun42° / 29°00.113.10.0
Jul40° / 29°61.8130.0
Aug40° / 29°81.912.60.1
Sep41° / 28°10.512.10.0
Oct38° / 26°00.211.61.1
Nov34° / 21°0011.24.3
Dec30° / 17°0010.96.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 13%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Berber gets around 8 mm of rain over 1.9 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 6% and peaks near 9% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 22% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
13214282160
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Wind in August

Winds average 17 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
117light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:267:15
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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 6.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Berber

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Berber?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Berber.

What to pack for Berber in August

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

In August, Berber sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Berber in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Berber 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
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Berber 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 Berber 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 Berber?

Berber sits at 18.0°N, 34.0°E, 347 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is El Bauga, 28 km away.

ShendiKuraymahKhartoum NorthOmdurmanSinkat

Topography around Berber

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Berber has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 346 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m.

The land around Berber is covered by bare terrain (42%) and cropland (36%) within 3 km, bare terrain (81%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (95%) within 80 km.

3 km
14 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
262 m
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August weather nearby: El Bauga 28 km · Atbara 36 km · Ad-Damir 47 km · Shendi 159 km · Kuraymah 233 km · Khartoum North 306 km · Omdurman 309 km · Sinkat 314 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 Berber (18.0216°, 33.983°, elevation 347 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).