El-Obeid weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇩 Sudan · regional city · hot desert climate

The best time to visit El-Obeid is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with December and February close behind. El-Obeid averages about 3,699 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,699

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

100/100

Rain / year

364 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

393k

Elevation

581 m

When is the best time to visit El-Obeid?

For sunshine, the best time to visit El-Obeid is January, then December and February. The dullest month is May (20/100, 13 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is El-Obeid?

El-Obeid is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,699 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate January (100) from May (20), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #4 of 7 destinations in Sudan for annual sunshine, right at the national median of 3,699 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 81% of the year's 364 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Khartoum Sudan · 369 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
• Port Sudan Sudan · 1,022 km · best in Feb · 2,938 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 1,044 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Jeddah Saudi Arabia · 1,339 km · best in Feb · 3,618 h sun/yr
• Jizan Saudi Arabia · 1,390 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
• Djibouti Djibouti · 1,415 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Malakal South Sudan · 429 km · 2,806 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• El Fasher Sudan · 533 km · 3,794 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Nyala Sudan · 585 km · 3,579 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Asosa Ethiopia · 588 km · 2,897 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Wau South Sudan · 652 km · 2,962 h sun/yr · best in Nov