Rufā‘a weather in June

In June, Rufā‘a sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 29°C, with 13 mm of rain across 3.9 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in June, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of June to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Rufā‘a's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rufā‘a's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
29°
12th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
3.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:21 AM – 7:13 PM
Cloud cover
36%
9th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Rufā‘a is town in Sudan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 41°C in the first days to 39°C by the end.

A typical June day in Rufā‘a reaches about 40°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 38°C and 43°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 1°C cooler than May and about 3°C warmer than July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How June really feels in Rufā‘a

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Rufā‘a weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 19°0011.25.1
Feb35° / 20°0011.53.5
Mar38° / 23°0011.91.3
Apr41° / 27°10.312.30.0
May42° / 29°102.812.70.0
Jun40° / 29°133.912.90.1
Jul37° / 27°5011.312.81.4
Aug36° / 26°6112.712.52.1
Sep37° / 26°276.612.11.5
Oct39° / 27°82.811.70.9
Nov37° / 24°00.111.32.3
Dec34° / 20°0011.14.4

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Rufā‘a gets around 13 mm of rain over 3.9 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the humid band about 33% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 20% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1362229113
2352229113
3342330113
4332330113
5322330113
6322430113
7322430122
8312431122
9312531122
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15272431171
16272331181
17262332191
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19242233201
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21222134222
22212035232
23191936232
24181837242
25171838253
26151738263
27141639273
28131639284
29121540294
30111440305

Wind in June

Winds average 13 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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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512calm
612light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of June to 12 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:207:08
212.86:207:09
312.86:207:09
412.86:207:09
512.86:207:10
612.86:207:10
712.86:207:10
812.86:207:11
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 6.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.51 kWh/m² in April across the year — June's 6.54 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Rufā‘a

In seasonPeak

In June, Rufā‘a sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Rufā‘a sees seasonal dust haze (April–September), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Is June a good time to visit Rufā‘a?

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

0.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
2.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rufā‘a.

What to pack for Rufā‘a in June

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

In June, Rufā‘a sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 29°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Rufā‘a in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rufā‘a peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Rufā‘a in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Rufā‘a is worst in March — around 58 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (August, 23 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1457 µg/m³Aug 1023 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb55Poor
Mar58Unhealthy
Apr52Poor
May46Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug23Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct41Poor
Nov39Poor
Dec46Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Rufā‘a?

Rufā‘a sits at 14.8°N, 33.4°E, 399 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Al Hasaheisa, 7.0 km away.

Al-FāwAl QiţenaAl-Quṭaynah

Topography around Rufā‘a

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rufā‘a has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 400 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m.

The land around Rufā‘a is covered by cropland (28%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (60%) within 16 km, and cropland (67%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
46 m
80 km
177 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
June weather nearby: Al Hasaheisa 7.0 km · Al Hilāliyya 25 km · Wad Medani 43 km · Al Manāqil 70 km · Kināna 83 km · Al-Fāw 106 km · Al Qiţena 108 km · Al-Quṭaynah 118 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 Rufā‘a (14.7597°, 33.3675°, elevation 399 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).