Khartoum weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇩 Sudan · major city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Khartoum is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with December close behind. Khartoum averages about 3,820 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,820
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 140 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Population
- 4.8M
- Elevation
- 384 m
When is the best time to visit Khartoum?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Khartoum is January, then December. The dullest month is May (0/100, 3 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Khartoum?
Khartoum is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,820 hours of sunshine a year. 100 Sunshine Score points separate January (100) from May (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #2 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 140 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 31° / 88°F | 14° / 57°F | 0 mm | 8 |
| February | 80 | 34° / 93°F | 16° / 61°F | 0 mm | 10 |
| March | 50 | 37° / 99°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 11 |
| April | 10 | 41° / 106°F | 23° / 73°F | 1 mm | 12 |
| May | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 26° / 79°F | 3 mm | 11 |
| June | 0 | 42° / 108°F | 28° / 82°F | 5 mm | 11 |
| July | 28 | 39° / 102°F | 27° / 81°F | 44 mm | 11 |
| August | 54 | 36° / 97°F | 25° / 77°F | 58 mm | 11 |
| September | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 26° / 79°F | 20 mm | 11 |
| October | 30 | 39° / 102°F | 25° / 77°F | 9 mm | 10 |
| November | 70 | 35° / 95°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 8 |
| December | 100 | 32° / 90°F | 15° / 59°F | 0 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Port Sudan Sudan · 655 km · best in Feb · 2,938 h sun/yr
- Jeddah Saudi Arabia · 971 km · best in Feb · 3,618 h sun/yr
- Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 1,000 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Taif Saudi Arabia · 1,067 km · best in Feb · 3,742 h sun/yr
- Jizan Saudi Arabia · 1,081 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
- Abha Saudi Arabia · 1,114 km · best in Jun · 3,555 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- El-Obeid Sudan · 369 km · 3,699 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kassala Sudan · 405 km · 3,681 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Dongola Sudan · 456 km · 4,031 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Gondar Ethiopia · 627 km · 3,297 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Shire Inda Selassie Ethiopia · 637 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
Head-to-head
How Khartoum compares month by month: Khartoum vs Jeddah · Khartoum vs Addis Ababa · Khartoum vs Port Sudan · all comparisons
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