Shendi weather in July

In July, Shendi sees average daytime highs of 39°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 11 mm of rain across 3.4 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of July to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Shendi's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shendi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
39°
4th warmest
Overnight low
28°
11th coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
3.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:25 AM – 7:19 PM
Cloud cover
36%
11th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.5
out of 10

Shendi is human settlement in Sudan.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 40°C in the first days to 38°C by the end.

A typical July day in Shendi reaches about 39°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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How July really feels in Shendi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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 July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Shendi weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 16°0011.17.2
Feb32° / 17°0011.45.6
Mar35° / 20°0011.93.2
Apr39° / 24°0012.40.7
May41° / 27°20.712.80.0
Jun41° / 28°10.4130.0
Jul39° / 28°113.412.90.5
Aug38° / 27°153.712.60.9
Sep40° / 28°51.412.10.3
Oct39° / 26°20.511.61.0
Nov34° / 22°0011.23.9
Dec31° / 18°00116.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Shendi gets around 11 mm of rain over 3.4 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 16% 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 July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 27% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 27% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
159181661
256191771
352201882
450201992
5472120102
6442221113
7412322123
8382324123
9352425134
10322426144
11302427154
12282428164
13262529165
14242429175
15232430185
16222430195
17212331206
18202231206
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21191931248
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23171730269
24171630289
251615303010
261514293210
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291211283812
301110274012
311010274112

Wind in July

Winds average 19 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of July to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:207:19
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613.06:227:19
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 6.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.44 kWh/m² to a high of 7.7 kWh/m² in April across the year — July's 6.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Shendi

In seasonPeak

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

Shendi sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in June.

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

Is July a good time to visit Shendi?

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

0.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Shendi.

What to pack for Shendi in July

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

In July, Shendi sees daytime highs around 39°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shendi in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Shendi peaks around April 14 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highVery highApr 14UV 12Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Shendi in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Shendi is worst in March — around 56 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (October, 32 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorPoorModeratePoorMar 1355 µg/m³Oct 1732 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan52Poor
Feb53Poor
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr48Poor
May45Poor
Jun44Poor
Jul44Poor
Aug39Poor
Sep36Poor
Oct32Moderate
Nov35Moderate
Dec43Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Shendi?

Shendi sits at 16.7°N, 33.4°E, 366 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Ad-Damir, 116 km away.

Ad-DamirAtbaraKhartoum NorthOmdurmanBerberKhartoumEl BaugaAl Hilāliyya

Topography around Shendi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shendi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 361 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m.

The land around Shendi is covered by bare terrain (47%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, bare terrain (72%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
84 m
80 km
228 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Ad-Damir 116 km · Atbara 127 km · Khartoum North 151 km · Omdurman 155 km · Berber 159 km · Khartoum 159 km · El Bauga 182 km · Al Hilāliyya 196 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 Shendi (16.6915°, 33.4341°, elevation 366 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).