New Halfa weather in August

In August, New Halfa sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 94 mm of rain across 17 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 New Halfa's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see New Halfa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
10th warmest
Overnight low
25°
6th coldest
Rainfall
94 mm
17 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:26 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
58%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

New Halfa is town of the state of Kassala, 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 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in New Halfa reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 38°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 New Halfa

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.

New Halfa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°00.111.24.4
Feb35° / 20°0011.53.1
Mar38° / 22°0011.91.2
Apr41° / 26°10.412.30.0
May42° / 28°82.712.70.0
Jun40° / 28°154.812.90.1
Jul37° / 26°7515.212.81.5
Aug35° / 25°941712.52.2
Sep37° / 26°338.212.11.4
Oct39° / 26°82.811.70.7
Nov37° / 24°10.211.31.9
Dec35° / 20°0011.13.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

New Halfa gets around 94 mm of rain over 17 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 54% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
165935
255936
355738
445640
545442
645244
735245
835047
934849
1034750
1134651
1234651
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Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
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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 6:23 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 6:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:237:04
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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 5.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.48 kWh/m² to a high of 7.38 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for New Halfa

In seasonPeak

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

New Halfa sees seasonal dust haze (May–August), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit New Halfa?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in New Halfa.

What to pack for New Halfa in August

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

In August, New Halfa sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in New Halfa in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 New Halfa 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
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in New Halfa 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 New Halfa is worst in March — around 36 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.1× the cleanest month (October, 17 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1536 µg/m³Oct 1717 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar36Poor
Apr33Moderate
May25Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is New Halfa?

New Halfa sits at 15.3°N, 35.6°E, 452 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Khashm al Qirbah, 53 km away.

Al-FashaqahAl QadarifHimoraMay CaderaAdebayeAbala

Topography around New Halfa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around New Halfa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 452 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 m.

The land around New Halfa is covered by cropland (56%) within 3 km, cropland (86%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%), cropland (35%) and bare terrain (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
8 m
16 km
33 m
80 km
246 m
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August weather nearby: Khashm al Qirbah 53 km · Kassala 87 km · Al-Fashaqah 108 km · Al Qadarif 146 km · Himora 157 km · May Cadera 174 km · Adebaye 177 km · Abala 194 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 New Halfa (15.3302°, 35.5985°, elevation 452 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).