Burām weather in August

In August, Burām sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 150 mm of rain across 20 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Burām's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Burām's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 150 mm; 20 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 7:13 AM – 7:34 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Burām is city in South Darfur State, Sudan.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Burām reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
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10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
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18	30	23
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20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How August really feels in Burām

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Burām 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 18°	0	0	11.4	4.9
Feb	35° / 20°	0	0	11.6	3.2
Mar	38° / 23°	2	0.5	11.9	1.3
Apr	39° / 24°	7	1.6	12.2	0.4
May	38° / 25°	39	7.3	12.5	1.0
Jun	35° / 25°	81	14.6	12.6	2.4
Jul	32° / 23°	126	18.5	12.6	3.3
Aug	30° / 23°	150	20	12.4	3.6
Sep	31° / 23°	104	17.1	12.1	3.5
Oct	34° / 23°	46	9.6	11.8	3.0
Nov	35° / 21°	1	0.3	11.5	3.1
Dec	33° / 19°	0	0	11.4	4.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	34	34	32	31	31	31	30	31	31	31	31	30	30	31	31	31	31	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	37	37	37	37	38	39	39
Cloudier (%)	66	66	68	69	69	69	70	69	69	69	69	70	70	69	69	69	69	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	63	63	63	63	62	61	61

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	39	61
31	39	61

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Burām gets around 150 mm of rain over 20 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 65% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	64	64	63	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	64
3	64
4	65
5	65
6	66
7	66
8	67
9	67
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	66
19	66
20	65
21	64
22	64
23	63
24	62
25	62
26	62
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	62

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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5
Oppressive (%)	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	9	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 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 7:11 AM to 7:13 AM, and sunset from 7:40 PM to 7:26 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13
Sunset (PM)	7:40	7:40	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:37	7:37	7:37	7:36	7:36	7:35	7:35	7:34	7:34	7:33	7:33	7:32	7:32	7:31	7:31	7:30	7:30	7:29	7:28	7:28	7:27	7:27	7:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	7:11	7:40
2	12.5	7:11	7:40
3	12.5	7:11	7:39
4	12.5	7:11	7:39
5	12.5	7:12	7:39
6	12.4	7:12	7:38
7	12.4	7:12	7:38
8	12.4	7:12	7:38
9	12.4	7:12	7:37
10	12.4	7:12	7:37
11	12.4	7:12	7:37
12	12.4	7:12	7:36
13	12.4	7:12	7:36
14	12.4	7:12	7:35
15	12.4	7:13	7:35
16	12.4	7:13	7:34
17	12.4	7:13	7:34
18	12.3	7:13	7:33
19	12.3	7:13	7:33
20	12.3	7:13	7:32
21	12.3	7:13	7:32
22	12.3	7:13	7:31
23	12.3	7:13	7:31
24	12.3	7:13	7:30
25	12.3	7:13	7:30
26	12.3	7:13	7:29
27	12.3	7:13	7:28
28	12.3	7:13	7:28
29	12.2	7:13	7:27
30	12.2	7:13	7:27
31	12.2	7:13	7:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.26 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.24 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
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25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Burām

In seasonPeak

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

Burām's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Burām sees seasonal dust haze (March–June), heaviest in April.

Rainy season

Dust

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Jun

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Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Burām?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Burām.

What to pack for Burām in August

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

In August, Burām sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Burām 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 Burām peaks around August 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	12	13	12	10	12	12	13	11	11	9	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Burām 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 Burām is worst in March — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	33	41	51	38	24	21	16	13	14	25	28	29
Level	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	33	Moderate
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	51	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	24	Moderate
Jun	21	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	25	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Burām?

Burām sits at 10.9°N, 25.2°E, 476 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Gereida, 46 km away.

Topography around Burām

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Burām has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 474 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 165 m.

The land around Burām is covered by grassland (72%) within 3 km, grassland (85%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

8 m

grassland 72%

16 km

23 m

grassland 85%

80 km

165 m

grassland 66%

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← July Burām year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Gereida 46 km · Tullus 73 km · El Daein 125 km · Nyala 136 km · Rahad al Bardi 148 km · Sh'īarīah 182 km · Kafia Kingi 194 km · Kas 207 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 Burām (10.8583°, 25.1592°, elevation 476 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	64
3	64
4	65
5	65
6	66
7	66
8	67
9	67
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	66
19	66
20	65
21	64
22	64
23	63
24	62
25	62
26	62
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	62

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	64
3	64
4	65
5	65
6	66
7	66
8	67
9	67
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	66
19	66
20	65
21	64
22	64
23	63
24	62
25	62
26	62
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	62

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	34	66
22	34	66
23	35	65
24	35	65
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	38	62
30	39	61
31	39	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	63
2	64
3	64
4	65
5	65
6	66
7	66
8	67
9	67
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	66
19	66
20	65
21	64
22	64
23	63
24	62
25	62
26	62
27	62
28	62
29	62
30	62
31	62

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	12	88
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	8	92
9	8	92
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95