Kas weather in August

In August, Kas sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 171 mm of rain across 23.9 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 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kas's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
20°
7th coldest
Rainfall
171 mm
23.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
7:14 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
63%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Kas is town in South Darfur, 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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kas reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°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)
12920
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42920
52920
62920
72920
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112920
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292920
302920
312920

How August really feels in Kas

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

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Kas 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
Jan30° / 14°0011.36.6
Feb32° / 17°0011.65.1
Mar35° / 20°10.111.93.6
Apr36° / 23°3112.32.5
May36° / 23°235.212.62.3
Jun34° / 22°6013.312.72.8
Jul30° / 21°16324.712.73.4
Aug29° / 20°17123.912.43.9
Sep31° / 20°7814.912.14.2
Oct33° / 20°173.811.74.2
Nov32° / 18°0011.45.2
Dec30° / 15°0011.36.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24555
34555
44555
54456
64555
74555
84456
94456
104456
114555
124555
134555
144654
154654
164654
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184654
194852
204852
214951
225050
235149
245149
255248
265248
275248
285347
295347
305446
315545

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kas gets around 171 mm of rain over 23.9 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 76% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
182
281
381
480
579
679
778
878
977
1077
1176
1276
1376
1476
1576
1676
1777
1877
1977
2077
2177
2277
2376
2476
2575
2674
2774
2873
2972
3071
3170

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
10397
20298
30298
40298
50298
60298
70298
80298
90298
100298
110298
120298
130298
140298
150298
160397
170397
180397
190397
200496
210496
220496
230496
240595
250595
260595
270694
280694
290793
301792
311792

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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
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88calm
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118calm
128calm
138calm
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158calm
168calm
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197calm
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 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 7:12 AM to 7:15 AM, and sunset from 7:46 PM to 7:31 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.67:127:46
212.67:127:45
312.57:137:45
412.57:137:45
512.57:137:44
612.57:137:44
712.57:137:44
812.57:137:43
912.57:147:43
1012.57:147:42
1112.57:147:42
1212.57:147:41
1312.47:147:41
1412.47:147:41
1512.47:147:40
1612.47:147:40
1712.47:147:39
1812.47:157:38
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2012.47:157:37
2112.47:157:37
2212.47:157:36
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2712.37:157:33
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2912.37:157:32
3012.37:157:31
3112.37:157:31

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.62 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.62 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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45.5Bright
55.5Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kas

In seasonPeak

In August, Kas sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kas's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Kas?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kas.

What to pack for Kas in August

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

In August, Kas sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kas 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 Kas peaks around August 18 at about 13 (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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Kas 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 Kas is worst in March — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.7× the cleanest month (August, 20 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 2053 µg/m³Aug 2220 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb37Poor
Mar54Poor
Apr48Poor
May38Poor
Jun34Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kas?

Kas sits at 12.5°N, 24.3°E, 944 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Nyala, 83 km away.

KabkābīyahSh'īarīahRahad al BardiTullusGereidaEl Fasher

Topography around Kas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 943 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,332 m.

The land around Kas is covered by grassland (57%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (82%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
281 m
80 km
2,332 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Nyala 83 km · Zalinjay 99 km · Kabkābīyah 129 km · Sh'īarīah 141 km · Rahad al Bardi 141 km · Tullus 160 km · Gereida 166 km · El Fasher 170 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 Kas (12.5097°, 24.2852°, elevation 944 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).