Ghubaysh weather in August

In August, Ghubaysh sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 90 mm of rain across 14.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 Ghubaysh's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ghubaysh's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
90 mm
14.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
7:03 AM – 7:27 PM
Cloud cover
62%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ghubaysh reaches about 32°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 1°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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

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.

Ghubaysh weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

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

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34753
44753
54654
64555
74555
84555
94654
104654
114555
124555
134555
144654
154654
164753
174852
184852
194951
204951
215050
225050
235149
245149
255248
265248
275248
285248
295248
305248
315347

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ghubaysh gets around 90 mm of rain over 14.3 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 46% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2143
2243
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2641
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3040
3140

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
115247
215049
314950
414851
514752
614653
714554
814455
914356
1014257
1114257
1214158
1314059
1413960
1513960
1613861
1713861
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2603961
2703961
2803961
2913960
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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510calm
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1010calm
1110calm
1210calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
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319calm

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 7:00 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 7:33 PM to 7:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.57:007:33
212.57:017:33
312.57:017:32
412.57:017:32
512.57:017:32
612.57:017:31
712.57:017:31
812.57:027:30
912.57:027:30
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1112.57:027:29
1212.47:027:29
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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 5.69 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.54 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.69 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 Ghubaysh

In seasonPeak

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

Ghubaysh 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 Ghubaysh?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ghubaysh.

What to pack for Ghubaysh in August

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

In August, Ghubaysh sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ghubaysh 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 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

Air quality in Ghubaysh 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 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
Location & terrain

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
August weather 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).