Dilling weather in August

In August, Dilling sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 155 mm of rain across 23.1 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 13% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Dilling's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dilling's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 155 mm; 23.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:53 AM – 7:18 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Dilling is town in South Kordofan State in 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 Dilling reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 32°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)	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
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5	30	22
6	29	22
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30	30	22
31	30	22

How August really feels in Dilling

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 11 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.

Dilling 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	30° / 17°	0	0.1	11.4	6.5
Feb	33° / 19°	0	0	11.6	4.9
Mar	36° / 22°	1	0.4	11.9	2.8
Apr	38° / 24°	6	1.9	12.3	1.3
May	37° / 25°	43	9.8	12.5	1.4
Jun	34° / 24°	80	16.9	12.7	2.5
Jul	31° / 23°	118	21.3	12.6	3.4
Aug	30° / 22°	155	23.1	12.4	3.7
Sep	31° / 22°	116	19.7	12.1	3.5
Oct	33° / 22°	49	9.7	11.7	3.4
Nov	34° / 21°	0	0	11.4	4.3
Dec	31° / 18°	0	0	11.3	6.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	40	40	40	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	42	43	45	46	46	47	47
Cloudier (%)	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	60	60	60	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	57	55	54	54	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	41	59
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26	43	57
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dilling gets around 155 mm of rain over 23.1 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 75% and peaks near 77% 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 (%)	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	75
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11	76
12	76
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31	73

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 61% 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 (%)	71	70	70	69	68	68	67	66	64	63	62	62	61	60	59	59	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	56	56
Oppressive (%)	29	30	30	31	32	32	33	34	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	44	44

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
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28	56	44
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30	56	44
31	56	44

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 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)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	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 6:51 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 7:09 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	12.5	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	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54
Sunset (PM)	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:09	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:51	7:24
2	12.5	6:52	7:23
3	12.5	6:52	7:23
4	12.5	6:52	7:23
5	12.5	6:52	7:22
6	12.5	6:52	7:22
7	12.5	6:52	7:22
8	12.5	6:52	7:21
9	12.5	6:53	7:21
10	12.5	6:53	7:20
11	12.5	6:53	7:20
12	12.4	6:53	7:19
13	12.4	6:53	7:19
14	12.4	6:53	7:19
15	12.4	6:53	7:18
16	12.4	6:53	7:18
17	12.4	6:54	7:17
18	12.4	6:54	7:17
19	12.4	6:54	7:16
20	12.4	6:54	7:15
21	12.4	6:54	7:15
22	12.3	6:54	7:14
23	12.3	6:54	7:14
24	12.3	6:54	7:13
25	12.3	6:54	7:13
26	12.3	6:54	7:12
27	12.3	6:54	7:11
28	12.3	6:54	7:11
29	12.3	6:54	7:10
30	12.3	6:54	7:09
31	12.2	6:54	7:09

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.3 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.26 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.3 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
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27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright
31	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dilling

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Rainy season

Dust

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Is August a good time to visit Dilling?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dilling.

What to pack for Dilling in August

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

In August, Dilling sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dilling in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dilling peaks around March 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 10 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	13	13	12	9	11	12	12	11	12	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	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Dilling 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 Dilling is worst in March — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 12 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)	35	39	47	38	22	19	16	12	14	21	22	29
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	35	Poor
Feb	39	Poor
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	22	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	12	Good
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Dilling?

Dilling sits at 12.1°N, 29.6°E, 687 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Abū Zabad, 55 km away.

Topography around Dilling

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dilling has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 93 m around an average of 681 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 392 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 551 m.

The land around Dilling is covered by grassland (78%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (67%) within 80 km.

3 km

93 m

grassland 78%

16 km

392 m

grassland 69%

80 km

551 m

grassland 67%

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

August weather nearby: Abū Zabad 55 km · Kadugli 116 km · Ar Rahad 131 km · El Obeid 140 km · Al Fūlah 145 km · An Nuhūd 151 km · Abu Jibeha 184 km · Umm Ruwaba 195 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 Dilling (12.05°, 29.65°, elevation 687 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	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	29	22
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22	30	22
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24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	75
23	75
24	74
25	74
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	73
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	75
23	75
24	74
25	74
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	73
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	43	57
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	47	53
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	72
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	75
23	75
24	74
25	74
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	73
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	71	29
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	69	31
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	67	33
8	66	34
9	64	36
10	63	37
11	62	38
12	62	38
13	61	39
14	60	40
15	59	41
16	59	41
17	58	42
18	58	42
19	58	42
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	57	43
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	56	44
29	56	44
30	56	44
31	56	44