El Bauga weather in August

In August, El Bauga sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 6 mm of rain across 1.7 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 73% 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 El Bauga's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Bauga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
5th warmest
Overnight low
29°
12th coldest
Rainfall
6 mm
1.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:30 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
29%
11th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.85 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

El Bauga is settlement in 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 El Bauga reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°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, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in El Bauga

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.

El Bauga 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
Jan28° / 15°00118.1
Feb31° / 17°0011.46.4
Mar34° / 20°0011.94.0
Apr38° / 24°00.112.41.2
May41° / 27°10.412.80.0
Jun42° / 29°00.113.10.0
Jul40° / 29°61.8130.0
Aug40° / 29°61.712.60.0
Sep41° / 28°10.412.10.0
Oct38° / 26°10.211.61.2
Nov34° / 21°0011.14.5
Dec30° / 17°0010.97.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 73% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% 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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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18020
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58218
68218
78218
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

El Bauga gets around 6 mm of rain over 1.7 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 8% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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28
38
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58
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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 47% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 16% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14013261650
23913271650
33813281650
43713281650
53713291650
63614291650
73614291641
83715291541
93715281541
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113915271441
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134116261331
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184814231221
194914221121
205114211121
215214211120
225414201110
235613191110
245813181010
255913171010
266013161010
276113151010
286213141010
29631314910
30631413910
31641412910

Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
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517light breeze
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3114light breeze

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 6:25 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 7:15 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:257:15
212.86:267:15
312.86:267:14
412.86:267:14
512.86:277:14
612.86:277:13
712.86:277:13
812.76:287:12
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1212.76:297:10
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2712.46:326:59
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2912.46:336:57
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3112.46:336:56

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.85 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for El Bauga

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit El Bauga?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
2.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in El Bauga.

What to pack for El Bauga in August

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

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

light clothessun protection

UV index in El Bauga in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in El Bauga peaks around April 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 highExtremeVery highApr 16UV 12Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in El Bauga 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 El Bauga 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 El Bauga?

El Bauga sits at 18.3°N, 33.9°E, 348 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Berber, 28 km away.

ShendiKuraymahSinkatJubaytKhartoum North

Topography around El Bauga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Bauga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 344 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 269 m.

The land around El Bauga is covered by trees (30%), cropland (29%) and bare terrain (28%) within 3 km, bare terrain (85%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (96%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
258 m
80 km
269 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Berber 28 km · Atbara 63 km · Ad-Damir 74 km · Shendi 182 km · Kuraymah 219 km · Sinkat 315 km · Jubayt 318 km · Khartoum North 325 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 El Bauga (18.262°, 33.9081°, elevation 348 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).