Kabkābīyah weather in October

In October, Kabkābīyah sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 7 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-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 69% of the time in October, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Kabkābīyah's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabkābīyah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
7th coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
1.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
7:18 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
28%
7th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Kabkābīyah is town in North Darfur, Sudan.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical October day in Kabkābīyah reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C warmer than September and about 2°C warmer than November.

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How October really feels in Kabkābīyah

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 29 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
29
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kabkābīyah weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 6th-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 69% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17723
27822
37921
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58119
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78317
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Kabkābīyah gets around 7 mm of rain over 1.7 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
115
214
314
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512
611
710
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the dry band about 81% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
15117248
25217238
35517217
45816206
55916196
66315175
76614164
86814144
97113133
107313113
117512103
12781192
13801082
1482972
1583962
1685852
1786752
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2696220
2797210
2897210
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3198110

Wind in October

Winds average 10 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 7:16 AM to 7:22 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.97:167:09
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311.97:167:08
411.87:167:07
511.87:177:06
611.87:177:06
711.87:177:05
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1911.77:196:58
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3111.57:226:53

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 6.45 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 — October's 6.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kabkābīyah

In seasonPeak

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

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
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Jun
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Sep
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Nov
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Is October a good time to visit Kabkābīyah?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Kabkābīyah for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kabkābīyah in October

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

In October, Kabkābīyah sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kabkābīyah in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 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 October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October 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
October 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).