Nyala weather in August

In August, Nyala sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 109 mm of rain across 18.5 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nyala's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nyala's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
109 mm
18.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
7:12 AM – 7:37 PM
Cloud cover
64%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Nyala is capital of state of South Darfur in the south-west of 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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nyala reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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

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.

Nyala 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
Jan30° / 17°0011.46.6
Feb33° / 19°0011.64.8
Mar36° / 22°10.211.92.7
Apr38° / 24°20.412.31.3
May38° / 25°194.712.51.2
Jun36° / 25°4411.312.72.0
Jul32° / 23°10018.612.63.1
Aug31° / 23°10918.512.43.6
Sep33° / 23°7213.612.13.3
Oct35° / 23°204.611.72.8
Nov34° / 21°0011.44.3
Dec31° / 18°0011.36.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24555
34456
44456
54357
64357
74258
84258
94159
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nyala gets around 109 mm of rain over 18.5 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 59% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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261
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2158
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3156

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
106733
206733
306634
406634
506634
606535
706436
806436
906337
1006337
1106238
1206139
1306139
1406139
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2505743
2615643
2715544
2815544
2915445
3015445
3115346

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 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 7:10 AM to 7:13 AM, and sunset from 7:43 PM to 7:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.57:107:43
212.57:117:42
312.57:117:42
412.57:117:42
512.57:117:41
612.57:117:41
712.57:117:41
812.57:127:40
912.57:127:40
1012.57:127:39
1112.57:127:39
1212.47:127:39
1312.47:127:38
1412.47:127:38
1512.47:127:37
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1712.47:137:36
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2112.47:137:34
2212.37:137:33
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3112.27:137:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.72 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.72 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.72 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 Nyala

In seasonPeak

None of Nyala's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Nyala sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Nyala?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nyala.

What to pack for Nyala in August

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

In August, Nyala sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nyala 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 Nyala peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Nyala 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 Nyala is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModerateMar 1857 µg/m³Aug 2218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Poor
Feb45Poor
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May37Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec30Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Nyala?

Nyala sits at 12.0°N, 24.9°E, 661 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Kas, 83 km away.

TullusBurāmRahad al BardiEl DaeinZalinjay

Topography around Nyala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 664 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m.

The land around Nyala is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
173 m
80 km
656 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Kas 83 km · Sh'īarīah 88 km · Gereida 91 km · Tullus 113 km · Burām 136 km · Rahad al Bardi 137 km · El Daein 150 km · Zalinjay 181 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 Nyala (12.0489°, 24.8807°, elevation 661 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).