El Fasher weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇩 Sudan · regional city · hot desert climate

The best time to visit El Fasher is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with November and December close behind. El Fasher averages about 3,794 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,794

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

234 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

253k

Elevation

728 m

When is the best time to visit El Fasher?

For sunshine, the best time to visit El Fasher is January, then November and December. The dullest month is June (29/100, 13 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is El Fasher?

El Fasher is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,794 hours of sunshine a year. 71 Sunshine Score points separate January (100) from June (29), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 7 destinations in Sudan for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,699 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 87% of the year's 234 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Khartoum Sudan · 808 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
• N'Djamena Chad · 1,127 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
• Port Sudan Sudan · 1,424 km · best in Feb · 2,938 h sun/yr
• Luxor Egypt · 1,546 km · best in Jan · 3,991 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 1,557 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Sohag Egypt · 1,565 km · best in Jan · 4,007 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Nyala Sudan · 178 km · 3,579 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Abeche Chad · 485 km · 3,633 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• El-Obeid Sudan · 533 km · 3,699 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Wau South Sudan · 716 km · 2,962 h sun/yr · best in Nov
• Dongola Sudan · 822 km · 4,031 h sun/yr · best in Jan