Climate and average weather in Ghubaysh

In Ghubaysh, the summers are sweltering, dry, and clear and the winters are hot and clear.

Best: early January to early February

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Ghubaysh typically varies from 17°C to 39°C, and is rarely below 13°C or above 41°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Ghubaysh for warm-weather activities are from early January to early February and early December to late December.

Hottest
Apr
39°
Coldest
Jan
17°
Wettest
Aug
90 mm
Driest
Jan
0 mm
Rain / yr
273 mm
52 wet days
Daylight
11.3–12.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
497 m
12.2°N
Clearest
Nov
19% cloud

Ghubaysh weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early January to early February.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Ghubaysh, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 2.8 months, from March 23 to June 15, with daily high temperatures above 37°C. The hottest month of the year in Ghubaysh is April, with an average high of 39°C and low of 25°C.

The cool season lasts 1.6 months, from December 10 to January 28, with daily high temperatures below 32°C. The coldest month of the year in Ghubaysh is January, with an average low of 17°C and high of 31°C.

Days typically run about 12°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in March.

10°20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3117
Feb3319
Mar3722
Apr3925
May3926
Jun3726
Jul3424
Aug3224
Sep3424
Oct3624
Nov3521
Dec3118

How hot and cold Ghubaysh really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Ghubaysh feels like about 39°C (around April 23). About 309 days a year carry some heat stress, and 32 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 39°C), peaking in April.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan30311717
Feb33331919
Mar37372222
Apr39392525
May39392626
Jun39372626
Jul36342424
Aug36322424
Sep37342424
Oct37362424
Nov35352121
Dec31311818

Average hourly temperature in Ghubaysh

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on April afternoons, near 39°C, and coldest before dawn in January, near 17°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Ghubaysh weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 17°0011.46.3
Feb33° / 19°0011.64.5
Mar37° / 22°00.111.92.3
Apr39° / 25°10.512.30.7
May39° / 26°143.312.60.7
Jun37° / 26°297.512.71.7
Jul34° / 24°6712.212.63.0
Aug32° / 24°9014.312.43.5
Sep34° / 24°539.912.12.9
Oct36° / 24°18411.72.2
Nov35° / 21°0011.43.7
Dec31° / 18°0011.36.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Ghubaysh gets about 273 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.7 months, from around May 24 to Oct 14, peaking in August at about 49% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 1.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 90 mm over about 14 wet days; January is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 7 · 49%Jan 1 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr21
May103
Jun258
Jul4012
Aug4514
Sep3310
Oct134
Nov00
Dec00

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Ghubaysh collects about 273 mm of rain across 52 wet days — roughly 23 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 90 mm, while January is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 77% of the year’s total.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec01142967905318
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan00
Feb00
Mar00
Apr11
May143
Jun298
Jul6712
Aug9014
Sep5310
Oct184
Nov00
Dec00

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Ghubaysh, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 14 and lasts for 7.3 months, ending around May 24. The clearest month is November, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 89% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 25 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around October 13. The cloudiest month is August, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 51% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNov 17 · 90%Aug 9 · 46%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8119
Feb8119
Mar8317
Apr8218
May7723
Jun6931
Jul5644
Aug4951
Sep6238
Oct7525
Nov8911
Dec8812

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around May 30, brings about 12 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 11 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.47:397:01
Feb11.67:377:13
Mar11.97:237:18
Apr12.37:037:19
May12.66:507:24
Jun12.76:507:32
Jul12.66:577:36
Aug12.47:037:27
Sep12.17:037:07
Oct11.77:046:47
Nov11.47:136:39
Dec11.37:286:45

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Ghubaysh averages about 17 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 6 and 25 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 7.3 months, from around Oct 14 to May 23. The sunniest month is November, with roughly 24 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is August, down near 6 sunny days — about 74% fewer than the November peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantNov 2325 daysAug 136 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan22Bright
Feb20Bright
Mar21Bright
Apr21Bright
May19Bright
Jun13Mixed
Jul9Mixed
Aug6Gloomy
Sep11Mixed
Oct18Bright
Nov24Brilliant
Dec24Brilliant

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Ghubaysh, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.0 months, from around May 19 to October 17. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 18 to May 18, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 27 · 100%Jul 22 · 0%oppressivecomfortabledrymuggyhumidcomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar991000
Apr867510
May461621153
Jun5729509
Jul0046728
Aug0014257
Sep3364841
Oct469152010
Nov981100
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Ghubaysh is typically light breeze, near 12 km/h, and varies moderately with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.5 months, from around Nov 1 to Apr 15. The windiest month is February, averaging about 17 km/h (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Apr 16 to Oct 31, with September the calmest month at about 8 km/h.

05101520JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeFeb 12 · 17 km/hSep 19 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan17light breeze
Feb17light breeze
Mar15light breeze
Apr13light breeze
May10calm
Jun10calm
Jul11calm
Aug9calm
Sep8calm
Oct10calm
Nov15light breeze
Dec16light breeze

Hazard calendar for Ghubaysh

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

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

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

Best time to visit Ghubaysh

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Ghubaysh throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late January, Ghubaysh is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Ghubaysh for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to early February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 5 · 6.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan6.3good
Feb4.5fair
Mar2.3poor
Apr0.7poor
May0.7poor
Jun1.7poor
Jul3.0poor
Aug3.4poor
Sep2.9poor
Oct2.3poor
Nov3.7fair
Dec6.0good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Ghubaysh for hot-weather activities is from mid November to late February, with a peak score in the first week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 2 · 9.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Ghubaysh, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around April (highs near 39°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 31°C), pack light clothes and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In April, Ghubaysh sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Ghubaysh by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ghubaysh peaks around February 21 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highFeb 21UV 13Dec 12UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Average hourly UV index in Ghubaysh

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in February the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 7.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan75
Feb7.56
Mar86
Apr86
May7.55
Jun86
Jul86
Aug86
Sep7.55.5
Oct7.55.5
Nov74.5
Dec6.54

Air quality in Ghubaysh by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Ghubaysh is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (September, 14 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1657 µg/m³Sep 914 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb49Poor
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr47Poor
May32Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec39Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Ghubaysh is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Ghubaysh banks about 6,784 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around May.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan420
Feb449
Mar600
Apr651
May695
Jun643
Jul590
Aug556
Sep572
Oct623
Nov538
Dec446

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Ghubaysh receives about 6.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 5.6 and 7.6 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.2 months, from around Feb 1 to Jun 9. The brightest month is April, averaging about 7.5 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is August, down near 5.7 kWh/m² — roughly 24% less than the April peak.

0123456789JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseApr 97.6 kWhAug 75.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.2Intense
Feb6.7Intense
Mar7.3Intense
Apr7.5Intense
May7.0Intense
Jun6.3Intense
Jul5.8Bright
Aug5.7Bright
Sep6.1Intense
Oct6.2Intense
Nov6.3Intense
Dec6.0Bright

Where is Ghubaysh?

Ghubaysh sits at 12.2°N, 27.4°E, 497 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Babanūsah, 103 km away.

BabanūsahAl FūlahAl MijladAn NuhūdEl DaeinSh'īarīahAbū ZabadDilling

Topography around Ghubaysh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ghubaysh has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 496 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m.

The land around Ghubaysh is covered by grassland (86%) within 3 km, grassland (99%) within 16 km, and grassland (100%) within 80 km.

3 km
10 m
16 km
31 m
80 km
110 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Babanūsah 103 km · Al Fūlah 119 km · Al Mijlad 131 km · An Nuhūd 133 km · El Daein 154 km · Sh'īarīah 195 km · Abū Zabad 208 km · Dilling 250 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 Ghubaysh (12.15°, 27.35°, elevation 497 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).