Umm Ruwaba weather in August

In August, Umm Ruwaba sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 83 mm of rain across 14.5 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Umm Ruwaba's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Umm Ruwaba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
9th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
83 mm
14.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:46 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover
58%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Umm Ruwaba is human settlement in 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 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Umm Ruwaba reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Umm Ruwaba

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.

Umm Ruwaba weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 17°0011.36.6
Feb33° / 19°0011.65.0
Mar36° / 22°00.111.92.7
Apr39° / 25°20.512.30.8
May39° / 27°133.812.60.4
Jun38° / 27°257.112.71.3
Jul34° / 25°7014.112.72.6
Aug33° / 24°8314.512.43.3
Sep35° / 24°459.812.12.8
Oct37° / 25°133.711.72.0
Nov35° / 22°0011.43.8
Dec31° / 18°0011.36.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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25545
35446
45446
55347
65347
75248
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Umm Ruwaba gets around 83 mm of rain over 14.5 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 47% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
116930
216831
316633
416534
516336
616138
716039
815841
915643
1015544
1115346
1215247
1315049
1414950
1514851
1614752
1714752
1814653
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2014653
2104654
2204654
2304654
2404753
2504852
2604852
2714950
2814950
2915049
3015148
3115148

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 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 6:44 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:447:19
212.66:447:18
312.66:447:18
412.66:447:17
512.56:457:17
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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 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.55 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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286.0Bright
296.0Intense
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316.0Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Umm Ruwaba

In seasonPeak

None of Umm Ruwaba's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Umm Ruwaba sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in April.

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Is August a good time to visit Umm Ruwaba?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Umm Ruwaba.

What to pack for Umm Ruwaba in August

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

In August, Umm Ruwaba sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Umm Ruwaba 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 Umm Ruwaba peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 12UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Umm Ruwaba 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 Umm Ruwaba is worst in March — around 49 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.6× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateMar 1548 µg/m³Aug 1714 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan43Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar49Poor
Apr40Poor
May25Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Umm Ruwaba?

Umm Ruwaba sits at 12.9°N, 31.2°E, 457 m above sea level, in Sudan. The nearest listed city is Ar Rahad, 65 km away.

El ObeidBārahAl Jazeera AbaKostiAbu JibehaRabak

Topography around Umm Ruwaba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Umm Ruwaba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 451 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 974 m.

The land around Umm Ruwaba is covered by grassland (38%), cropland (31%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and cropland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
30 m
80 km
974 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Ar Rahad 65 km · Tandaltī 72 km · El Obeid 113 km · Bārah 127 km · Al Jazeera Aba 158 km · Kosti 159 km · Abu Jibeha 161 km · Rabak 168 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 Umm Ruwaba (12.9061°, 31.2158°, elevation 457 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).