Kabkābīyah weather in May

In May, Kabkābīyah sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 11 mm of rain across 2.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Kabkābīyah's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabkābīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
1st warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
2.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
7:01 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
32%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
7.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.3
out of 10

Kabkābīyah is town in North Darfur, Sudan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical May day in Kabkābīyah reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Kabkābīyah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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 May is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kabkābīyah weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 14°0011.37.3
Feb31° / 16°0011.55.7
Mar34° / 19°00.111.94.0
Apr36° / 21°10.512.32.7
May36° / 22°112.812.62.3
Jun35° / 22°427.912.82.8
Jul31° / 20°1792012.73.7
Aug29° / 19°25725.312.53.8
Sep31° / 19°7611.712.14.4
Oct32° / 19°71.711.74.8
Nov31° / 17°0011.46.2
Dec29° / 14°0011.27.3

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 19%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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28119
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Kabkābīyah gets around 11 mm of rain over 2.8 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
192620
291720
391720
491720
590730
690730
790730
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1090730
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Wind in May

Winds average 11 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of May to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 7:06 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 7:35 PM to 7:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.57:067:35
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312.57:067:36
412.57:057:36
512.57:057:36
612.57:047:36
712.57:047:37
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 7.27 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.66 kWh/m² in April across the year — May's 7.27 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.5Intense
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297.0Intense
306.9Intense
316.9Intense
Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Kabkābīyah

In seasonPeak

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

Kabkābīyah's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kabkābīyah sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in April.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
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Is May a good time to visit Kabkābīyah?

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

2.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kabkābīyah.

What to pack for Kabkābīyah in May

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

In May, Kabkābīyah sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kabkābīyah in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kabkābīyah peaks around February 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 highFeb 21UV 12Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kabkābīyah in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kabkābīyah is worst in March — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateMar 1957 µg/m³Aug 2222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb44Poor
Mar59Unhealthy
Apr50Poor
May42Poor
Jun36Poor
Jul32Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kabkābīyah?

Kabkābīyah sits at 13.7°N, 24.1°E, 1,089 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Kutum, 88 km away.

ZalinjayKasEl FasherMellit'ĀrdamatāEl Geneina FortAl-Junaynah

Topography around Kabkābīyah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabkābīyah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 1,083 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 337 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,142 m.

The land around Kabkābīyah is covered by grassland (65%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) within 16 km, and grassland (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
337 m
80 km
2,142 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
May weather nearby: Kutum 88 km · Zalinjay 106 km · Kas 129 km · El Fasher 137 km · Mellit 167 km · 'Ārdamatā 174 km · El Geneina Fort 177 km · Al-Junaynah 178 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 Kabkābīyah (13.65°, 24.0833°, elevation 1,089 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).