Rahad al Bardi weather in August

In August, Rahad al Bardi sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 179 mm of rain across 22.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Rahad al Bardi's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rahad al Bardi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
6th coldest
Rainfall
179 mm
22.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
7:17 AM – 7:40 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Rahad al Bardi is town in South Darfur State, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Rahad al Bardi reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Rahad al Bardi

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.

Rahad al Bardi 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
Jan32° / 18°0011.45.2
Feb35° / 21°0011.63.5
Mar37° / 23°10.411.91.7
Apr39° / 25°61.812.20.8
May38° / 25°418.212.51.3
Jun34° / 24°8415.612.62.5
Jul31° / 23°16422.712.63.3
Aug30° / 22°17922.912.43.6
Sep31° / 22°11317.712.13.8
Oct33° / 22°39811.73.7
Nov34° / 21°10.211.53.7
Dec33° / 19°0011.35.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Rahad al Bardi gets around 179 mm of rain over 22.9 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 74% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
175
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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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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21783
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 7:15 AM to 7:18 AM, and sunset from 7:46 PM to 7:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.57:157:46
212.57:167:45
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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 5.12 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.12 kWh/m² to a high of 7.34 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.12 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Rahad al Bardi

In seasonPeak

In August, Rahad al Bardi sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Rahad al Bardi's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rahad al Bardi sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Rahad al Bardi?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rahad al Bardi.

What to pack for Rahad al Bardi in August

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

In August, Rahad al Bardi sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Rahad al Bardi 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 Rahad al Bardi peaks around August 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highAug 15UV 13Dec 14UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Rahad al Bardi 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 Rahad al Bardi is worst in March — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.5× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1853 µg/m³Aug 1815 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb40Poor
Mar54Poor
Apr43Poor
May29Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct20Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Rahad al Bardi?

Rahad al Bardi sits at 11.3°N, 23.9°E, 592 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Tullus, 74 km away.

NyalaGereidaKasBurāmZalinjaySh'īarīahKafia Kingi

Topography around Rahad al Bardi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rahad al Bardi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 592 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 64 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 537 m.

The land around Rahad al Bardi is covered by grassland (78%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) within 16 km, and grassland (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
64 m
80 km
537 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Tullus 74 km · Nyala 137 km · Gereida 137 km · Kas 141 km · Burām 148 km · Zalinjay 184 km · Sh'īarīah 224 km · Kafia Kingi 233 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 Rahad al Bardi (11.3°, 23.8833°, elevation 592 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).