Kuraymah weather in August

In August, Kuraymah sees average daytime highs of 41°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 41°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kuraymah's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kuraymah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
41°
4th warmest
Overnight low
29°
12th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:38 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
24%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kuraymah 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 41°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kuraymah reaches about 41°C in the afternoon and slips back to 29°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 39°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Kuraymah

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Kuraymah weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 13°00119.0
Feb29° / 15°0011.47.5
Mar33° / 19°0011.94.7
Apr38° / 23°0012.41.6
May41° / 27°00.112.90.0
Jun42° / 28°0013.10.0
Jul41° / 28°30.9130.0
Aug41° / 29°30.812.60.0
Sep41° / 28°10.212.10.0
Oct38° / 25°00.111.61.3
Nov32° / 19°0011.15.5
Dec28° / 15°0010.98.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 80% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18911
28911
38911
48911
58911
68911
78911
88911
98911
109010
119010
129010
139010
14919
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27946
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31955

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kuraymah gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.8 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 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 10% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1531021151
2521121151
3511122151
4501222151
5511321141
6511321141
7501421132
8501520132
9521519122
10531518122
11541617112
12551616112
13571615102
1459161492
1560151492
1662151382
1764141381
1866141271
1967131271
2069121171
2169121171
2272111061
2374101060
247510960
25769960
26798850
27798850
28808750
29818740
30827740
31837640

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 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 6:33 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 7:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:337:24
212.86:347:24
312.86:347:23
412.86:347:23
512.86:357:22
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712.86:357:21
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912.76:367:20
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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 6.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.29 kWh/m² to a high of 7.77 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kuraymah

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Kuraymah?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
2.5
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kuraymah.

What to pack for Kuraymah in August

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

In August, Kuraymah sees daytime highs around 41°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kuraymah in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

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 Kuraymah peaks around June 12 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highHighJun 12UV 11Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Kuraymah 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 Kuraymah is worst in March — around 84 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.9× the cleanest month (July, 44 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyMar 1683 µg/m³Jul 2145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb74Unhealthy
Mar84Unhealthy
Apr71Unhealthy
May70Unhealthy
Jun66Unhealthy
Jul44Poor
Aug51Poor
Sep63Unhealthy
Oct68Unhealthy
Nov59Unhealthy
Dec68Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kuraymah?

Kuraymah sits at 18.6°N, 31.9°E, 255 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Dongola, 161 km away.

DongolaEl BaugaBerberAtbaraAd-DamirShendiOmdurmanKhartoum North

Topography around Kuraymah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kuraymah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 258 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 523 m.

The land around Kuraymah is covered by bare terrain (40%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (86%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (95%) within 80 km.

3 km
102 m
16 km
126 m
80 km
523 m
treescroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Dongola 161 km · El Bauga 219 km · Berber 233 km · Atbara 245 km · Ad-Damir 248 km · Shendi 266 km · Omdurman 330 km · Khartoum North 331 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 Kuraymah (18.55°, 31.85°, elevation 255 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).