Suakin weather in July

In July, Suakin sees average daytime highs of 38°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.5 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Suakin's 8th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Suakin's year-round climate.

Daytime high
38°
1st warmest
Overnight low
30°
11th coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1.5 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:05 AM – 7:08 PM
Cloud cover
31%
8th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.5
out of 10

Suakin is port in north-eastern Sudan on the west coast of the Red Sea.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 38°C through the month.

A typical July day in Suakin reaches about 38°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 36°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C warmer than June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Suakin

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
28 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.

Suakin weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 20°7013.7116.3
Feb24° / 20°307.711.47.4
Mar26° / 21°72.111.98.6
Apr29° / 23°5112.47.6
May32° / 26°10.512.95.2
Jun36° / 29°0013.13.0
Jul38° / 30°51.5131.5
Aug38° / 30°61.612.61.6
Sep35° / 29°10.312.13.4
Oct31° / 26°184.811.65.4
Nov27° / 24°9016.711.15.4
Dec25° / 22°12218.910.95.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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28614
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88317
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Suakin gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.5 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 5% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
12
22
32
42
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 65% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1220363111
2219353212
3218353313
4117343413
5116343514
6115333615
7114333715
8113323816
9112323916
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2107224526
2207214528
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2605154534
2705144535
2804134537
2904114539
3004104540
310394542

Wind in July

Winds average 14 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
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913light breeze
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3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 54 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 6:00 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 7:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:007:08
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313.16:007:08
413.16:017:08
513.16:017:08
613.16:017:08
713.16:027:08
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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 6.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.4 kWh/m² to a high of 7.35 kWh/m² in May across the year — July's 6.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Suakin

In seasonPeak

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

Suakin sees seasonal dust haze (May–September), heaviest in July.

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

Is July a good time to visit Suakin?

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

1.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

July is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Suakin.

What to pack for Suakin in July

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

In July, Suakin sees daytime highs around 38°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Suakin in July

The nearest coast averages about 31°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in September at about 31°C and coldest in February near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr27Warm
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul31Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep31Tropical
Oct31Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index in Suakin 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 Suakin peaks around April 20 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highHighApr 20UV 12Dec 12UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov7High
Dec6High

Air quality in Suakin 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 Suakin is worst in July — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.4× the cleanest month (October, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 2137 µg/m³Oct 1516 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar28Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May21Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul38Poor
Aug36Poor
Sep18Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Suakin?

Suakin sits at 19.1°N, 37.3°E, 4 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Jubayt, 55 km away.

JeddahHala'ib

Topography around Suakin

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Suakin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 415 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,629 m.

The land around Suakin is covered by bare terrain (77%) within 3 km, bare terrain (61%) and water (38%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (58%) and water (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
415 m
80 km
1,629 m
shrubscroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
July weather nearby: Jubayt 55 km · Port Sudan 58 km · Sinkat 60 km · Tokār 86 km · Jeddah 328 km · Al Līth 329 km · Hala'ib 354 km · Mecca 366 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 Suakin (19.1059°, 37.3321°, elevation 4 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).