Gereida weather in August

In August, Gereida sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 131 mm of rain across 19.2 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 Gereida's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gereida's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
131 mm
19.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
7:12 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
68%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Gereida is human 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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Gereida reaches about 31°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 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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

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.

Gereida 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°0011.45.3
Feb35° / 20°0011.63.6
Mar38° / 23°10.311.91.6
Apr39° / 25°40.812.20.5
May38° / 26°265.412.50.9
Jun36° / 25°6111.412.62.2
Jul32° / 24°10717.512.63.2
Aug31° / 23°13119.212.43.5
Sep32° / 23°8814.712.13.4
Oct35° / 23°327.211.72.7
Nov35° / 22°10.111.53.2
Dec33° / 19°0011.45.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23565
33466
43466
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63466
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Gereida gets around 131 mm of rain over 19.2 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 62% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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261
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462
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663
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1963
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2162
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3057
3157

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 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12278
22278
32179
42080
52080
61981
71882
81882
91783
101684
111684
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141486
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301189
311090

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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)Feels
110calm
29calm
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129calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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 7:10 AM to 7:13 AM, and sunset from 7:41 PM to 7:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.57:107:41
212.57:117:40
312.57:117:40
412.57:117:40
512.57:117:39
612.57:117:39
712.57:117:39
812.47:117:38
912.47:127:38
1012.47:127:37
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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 5.43 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.4 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.43 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Gereida

In seasonPeak

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

Gereida sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Gereida?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gereida.

What to pack for Gereida in August

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

In August, Gereida sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gereida 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 Gereida peaks around August 17 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 17UV 13Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Gereida 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 Gereida is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateMar 1656 µg/m³Aug 2115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan38Poor
Feb47Poor
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr46Poor
May30Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gereida?

Gereida sits at 11.3°N, 25.1°E, 483 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Burām, 46 km away.

El DaeinRahad al BardiSh'īarīahKasKafia Kingi

Topography around Gereida

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gereida has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 478 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 225 m.

The land around Gereida is covered by grassland (52%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, grassland (64%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
225 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Burām 46 km · Tullus 70 km · Nyala 91 km · El Daein 109 km · Rahad al Bardi 137 km · Sh'īarīah 138 km · Kas 166 km · Kafia Kingi 236 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 Gereida (11.2754°, 25.1403°, elevation 483 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).