El Obeid weather in August

In August, El Obeid sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 75 mm of rain across 14.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is El Obeid's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see El Obeid's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
9th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
14.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:50 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
56%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

El Obeid is city and capital of North Kurdufan, Sudan.

Founded
1821

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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in El Obeid reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in El Obeid

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
heat index over the day's high
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 Obeid weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°0011.37.4
Feb32° / 18°0011.65.7
Mar35° / 21°0011.93.4
Apr38° / 24°10.412.31.3
May39° / 26°113.512.60.7
Jun37° / 26°246.212.81.5
Jul34° / 25°6213.312.72.7
Aug33° / 24°7514.612.43.3
Sep35° / 24°419.212.12.8
Oct36° / 24°102.411.72.4
Nov33° / 21°0011.44.6
Dec30° / 17°0011.27.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
26040
36040
46040
56040
66040
75941
85941
95842
105842
115842
125743
135743
145644
155743
165644
175743
185743
195644
205743
215743
225842
235941
246040
256040
266139
276139
286139
296238
306238
316337

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

El Obeid gets around 75 mm of rain over 14.6 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 47% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
152
252
352
452
552
652
752
851
951
1050
1150
1249
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1547
1647
1746
1846
1945
2045
2144
2244
2343
2443
2543
2642
2742
2841
2941
3040
3140

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 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
138413
238314
338116
438017
537918
637819
737720
837522
937423
1037324
1137225
1237126
1327226
1427127
1527127
1627127
1727127
1827127
1927226
2027226
2127226
2227325
2327325
2427424
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2737324
2837324
2947323
3047323
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Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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3112calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 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 6:47 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:477:23
212.66:487:23
312.66:487:22
412.66:487:22
512.66:487:21
612.56:487:21
712.56:497:21
812.56:497:20
912.56:497:20
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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 5.92 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.85 kWh/m² to a high of 7.61 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.92 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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135.9Bright
145.9Bright
155.9Bright
165.9Bright
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185.9Bright
196.0Bright
206.0Bright
216.0Bright
226.0Intense
236.0Intense
246.0Intense
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for El Obeid

In seasonPeak

None of El Obeid's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

El Obeid sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in May.

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

Is August a good time to visit El Obeid?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for El Obeid in August

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

In August, El Obeid sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in El Obeid 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 El Obeid peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 18UV 13Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in El Obeid 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 Obeid is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1556 µg/m³Aug 2015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr46Poor
May36Poor
Jun25Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is El Obeid?

El Obeid sits at 13.2°N, 30.2°E, 573 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Bārah, 60 km away.

Umm RuwabaAbū ZabadDillingTandaltīAn NuhūdAbu Jibeha

Topography around El Obeid

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around El Obeid has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 27 m around an average of 574 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 308 m.

The land around El Obeid is covered by artificial surfaces (73%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (72%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
27 m
16 km
90 m
80 km
308 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Bārah 60 km · Ar Rahad 70 km · Umm Ruwaba 113 km · Abū Zabad 140 km · Dilling 140 km · Tandaltī 180 km · An Nuhūd 201 km · Abu Jibeha 221 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 Obeid (13.1842°, 30.2167°, elevation 573 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).