Kosti weather in August

In August, Kosti sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 73 mm of rain across 13.4 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 21% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Kosti's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kosti's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
73 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:40 AM – 7:07 PM
Cloud cover
63%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Kosti is major city 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 Kosti 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 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Kosti

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.

Kosti weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 19°0011.34.7
Feb35° / 21°0011.63.1
Mar38° / 24°0011.91.0
Apr41° / 26°20.512.30.0
May40° / 28°154.112.60.1
Jun38° / 27°236.312.81.1
Jul35° / 25°6812.412.72.5
Aug33° / 24°7313.412.43.2
Sep35° / 25°399.612.12.6
Oct37° / 25°175.511.71.7
Nov37° / 23°00.111.42.3
Dec34° / 20°0011.24.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34555
44456
54357
64357
74357
84357
94258
104159
114159
124159
134159
144159
154258
164357
174456
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194654
204753
214753
224951
235050
245248
255347
265446
275446
285545
295644
305842
315842

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kosti gets around 73 mm of rain over 13.4 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 43% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1144
1243
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1443
1543
1643
1743
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2143
2243
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2641
2741
2841
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3040
3140

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
115346
215247
315049
414950
514851
614752
714554
814455
914356
1014257
1114059
1214059
1313960
1413861
1513762
1613663
1713663
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2013564
2113564
2213564
2313564
2413663
2513762
2613861
2713861
2813960
2914059
3024058
3124157

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
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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 6:38 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:387:13
212.66:387:13
312.66:387:12
412.66:387:12
512.66:397:12
612.56:397:11
712.56:397:11
812.56:397:10
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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 5.55 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.43 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Kosti

In seasonPeak

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

Kosti sees seasonal dust haze (April–August), heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Kosti?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kosti.

What to pack for Kosti in August

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

In August, Kosti sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kosti 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 Kosti peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 18UV 13Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kosti 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 Kosti is worst in March — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1745 µg/m³Aug 1418 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan40Poor
Feb41Poor
Mar46Poor
Apr41Poor
May28Moderate
Jun23Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec32Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kosti?

Kosti sits at 13.2°N, 32.7°E, 387 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Rabak, 9.0 km away.

SennarKinānaMaiurnoUmm Shawkah

Topography around Kosti

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kosti has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 383 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 295 m.

The land around Kosti is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) within 3 km, grassland (48%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
35 m
80 km
295 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Rabak 9.0 km · Al Jazeera Aba 18 km · Tandaltī 88 km · Ad Douiem 101 km · Sennar 108 km · Kināna 112 km · Maiurno 112 km · Umm Shawkah 121 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 Kosti (13.1629°, 32.6635°, elevation 387 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).