Khartoum North weather in July

In July, Khartoum North sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 18 mm of rain across 3.9 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of July to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Khartoum North's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khartoum North's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
6th warmest
Overnight low
27°
10th coldest
Rainfall
18 mm
3.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
6:30 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover
40%
11th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
6.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.2
out of 10

Khartoum North is city in central Sudan.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 39°C in the first days to 37°C by the end.

A typical July day in Khartoum North reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 3°C cooler than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Khartoum North

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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
6 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Khartoum North weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°0011.27.2
Feb32° / 18°0011.55.5
Mar36° / 21°0011.93.1
Apr39° / 24°0012.30.7
May41° / 27°31.112.70.0
Jun41° / 28°20.912.90.0
Jul38° / 27°183.912.81.2
Aug37° / 27°214.912.51.7
Sep39° / 27°82.412.10.9
Oct38° / 26°30.911.61.2
Nov34° / 21°0011.34.0
Dec31° / 17°0011.16.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28317
38317
48218
58218
68119
78119
88020
98020
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117921
127822
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147822
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317129

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Khartoum North gets around 18 mm of rain over 3.9 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 13% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
16
26
37
47
58
68
79
89
99
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1110
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2014
2114
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 39% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1421726122
2401727132
3381728142
4351729163
5331730173
6301731184
7281732195
8251633215
9231633226
10211634236
11191635246
12171536257
13151536277
14141437278
15131437288
16121437299
17111337309
181013373110
19912363210
20911353311
21911343511
22810333612
23810323713
2489313913
2578304114
2678294215
2767274415
2866264616
2956254816
3055245017
3145235117

Wind in July

Winds average 19 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
618light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of July to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 7:21 PM to 7:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.96:267:21
212.96:267:21
312.96:267:21
412.96:267:21
512.96:277:21
612.96:277:21
712.96:277:21
812.96:287:21
912.96:287:21
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1112.96:297:21
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2812.76:347:18
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.69 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 6.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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246.4Intense
256.4Intense
266.3Intense
276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
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316.3Intense
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Khartoum North

In seasonPeak

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

Khartoum North sees seasonal dust haze (March–September), heaviest in June.

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

Is July a good time to visit Khartoum North?

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

1.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Khartoum North.

What to pack for Khartoum North in July

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

In July, Khartoum North sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Khartoum North in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khartoum North peaks around April 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 11UV 12Dec 13UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Khartoum North in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Khartoum North is worst in March — around 73 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.5× the cleanest month (August, 29 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyMar 1372 µg/m³Aug 1230 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan71Unhealthy
Feb69Unhealthy
Mar73Unhealthy
Apr61Unhealthy
May56Unhealthy
Jun44Poor
Jul32Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep40Poor
Oct52Poor
Nov51Poor
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Khartoum North?

Khartoum North sits at 15.6°N, 32.5°E, 381 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Omdurman, 6.0 km away.

Al-QuṭaynahAl HilāliyyaAl HasaheisaRufā‘aShendi

Topography around Khartoum North

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khartoum North has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 382 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m.

The land around Khartoum North is covered by artificial surfaces (66%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (45%) and bare terrain (28%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
124 m
80 km
197 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Omdurman 6.0 km · Khartoum 11 km · Al Qiţena 89 km · Al-Quṭaynah 106 km · Al Hilāliyya 109 km · Al Hasaheisa 129 km · Rufā‘a 133 km · Shendi 151 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 Khartoum North (15.6493°, 32.5346°, elevation 381 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).