Tokār weather in August

In August, Tokār sees average daytime highs of 43°C and overnight lows near 31°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 43°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tokār's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tokār's year-round climate.

Daytime high
43°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
31°
12th coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:14 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
30%
6th clearest
Wind
24 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Tokār is town in northeastern 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 43°C through the month.

A typical August day in Tokār reaches about 43°C in the afternoon and slips back to 31°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 40°C and 44°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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

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
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Tokār weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 23°186.1116.6
Feb28° / 22°113.911.46.5
Mar30° / 23°51.711.96.1
Apr33° / 25°3112.44.4
May37° / 27°10.312.92.1
Jun41° / 28°00.113.10.0
Jul43° / 31°30.9130.0
Aug43° / 31°30.912.60.0
Sep40° / 29°10.212.10.4
Oct36° / 28°82.611.62.7
Nov32° / 26°309.711.14.1
Dec29° / 24°3710.410.95.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
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58218
68218
78317
88317
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tokār gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.9 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 3% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 93% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
111165230
211065240
311065240
41966240
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101668250
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241556371
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281653391
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301651402
310651412

Wind in August

Winds average 24 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 27 km/h at its breeziest. Calmer and breezier days trade off through the month.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
127breezy
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3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 6:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:107:00
212.86:107:00
312.86:116:59
412.86:116:59
512.86:116:58
612.86:126:58
712.86:126:57
812.76:126:57
912.76:126:56
1012.76:136:56
1112.76:136:55
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1312.76:146:54
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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 6.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.47 kWh/m² to a high of 7.27 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Tokār

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Tokār?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
1.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tokār.

What to pack for Tokār in August

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

In August, Tokār sees daytime highs around 43°C and nights near 31°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Tokār in August

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 27 km away) is warmest in September at about 31°C and coldest in February near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr28Warm
May29Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug31Tropical
Sep31Tropical
Oct31Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index in Tokār in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tokār peaks around April 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highVery highHighApr 18UV 13Dec 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov7Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Tokār 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 Tokār 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 Tokār?

Tokār sits at 18.4°N, 37.7°E, 22 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Suakin, 86 km away.

SinkatJubaytPort SudanKerenKassalaMassawa

Topography around Tokār

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tokār has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,898 m.

The land around Tokār is covered by cropland (69%) within 3 km, cropland (34%), bare terrain (34%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
8 m
16 km
56 m
80 km
1,898 m
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August weather nearby: Suakin 86 km · Sinkat 105 km · Jubayt 111 km · Port Sudan 143 km · Keren 304 km · Al Līth 329 km · Kassala 360 km · Massawa 364 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 Tokār (18.4254°, 37.729°, elevation 22 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).