Khashm al Qirbah weather in August

In August, Khashm al Qirbah sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 104 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Khashm al Qirbah's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Khashm al Qirbah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
104 mm
16.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:25 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
62%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Khashm al Qirbah is human settlement in 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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Khashm al Qirbah reaches about 33°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 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 3°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Khashm al Qirbah

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.

Khashm al Qirbah 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
Jan34° / 19°0011.24.2
Feb36° / 20°0011.52.9
Mar38° / 23°0011.91.1
Apr41° / 26°10.412.30.0
May41° / 28°72.312.70.0
Jun39° / 28°184.412.90.4
Jul35° / 25°8415.112.82.0
Aug33° / 24°10416.412.52.9
Sep36° / 25°357.512.12.2
Oct38° / 26°61.611.71.3
Nov37° / 24°10.211.31.9
Dec35° / 21°0011.13.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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24852
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Khashm al Qirbah gets around 104 mm of rain over 16.4 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 53% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
134651
224553
324355
414257
514059
613861
713663
813564
913366
1013267
1113168
1213069
1312970
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1512871
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2013069
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2213168
2313267
2413267
2513366
2613465
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 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 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 7:03 PM to 6:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:227:03
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312.76:237:02
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512.66:237:01
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712.66:247:00
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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 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.52 kWh/m² to a high of 7.36 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.64 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Khashm al Qirbah

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In August, Khashm al Qirbah sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Khashm al Qirbah sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Khashm al Qirbah?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Khashm al Qirbah.

What to pack for Khashm al Qirbah in August

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

In August, Khashm al Qirbah sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Khashm al Qirbah in August

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Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Khashm al Qirbah peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 10UV 13Dec 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Khashm al Qirbah 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 Khashm al Qirbah is worst in March — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (October, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateMar 1931 µg/m³Oct 2217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan26Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar32Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May23Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Khashm al Qirbah?

Khashm al Qirbah sits at 15.0°N, 35.9°E, 458 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is New Halfa, 53 km away.

HimoraAl QadarifMay CaderaAdebayeAbala

Topography around Khashm al Qirbah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Khashm al Qirbah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 455 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 765 m.

The land around Khashm al Qirbah is covered by bare terrain (54%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and bare terrain (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (51%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
81 m
80 km
765 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: New Halfa 53 km · Al-Fashaqah 64 km · Kassala 75 km · Himora 105 km · Al Qadarif 118 km · May Cadera 122 km · Adebaye 124 km · Abala 142 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 Khashm al Qirbah (14.9667°, 35.9167°, elevation 458 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).