Port Sudan weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇩 Sudan · coastal city break · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Port Sudan is February — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 96/100), with March and April close behind. Port Sudan averages about 2,938 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 26°C / 79°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in February.
Jump to: month-by-month table · sea temperature · nearby alternatives · embed this data
- Sun hours / year
- 2,938
- Sunniest month
- February
- Peak score
- 96/100
- Rain / year
- 46 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 32°C / 90°F
- Population
- 490k
- Elevation
- 42 m
When is the best time to visit Port Sudan?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Port Sudan is February, then March and April. The dullest month is July (58/100, 3 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Port Sudan?
Port Sudan gets a lot of sun: around 2,938 hours a year. February (96/100) is noticeably better than July (58). It ranks #7 of 7 destinations in Sudan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,699 hours. Rain is a non-event in Port Sudan — about 46 mm in a typical year.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 95 | 26° / 79°F | 23° / 73°F | 6 mm | 6 | 27° / 81°F |
| February | 96 | 26° / 79°F | 23° / 73°F | 1 mm | 8 | 26° / 79°F |
| March | 96 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 0 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| April | 96 | 29° / 84°F | 26° / 79°F | 3 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| May | 96 | 32° / 90°F | 28° / 82°F | 2 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| June | 77 | 34° / 93°F | 29° / 84°F | 0 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| July | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 31° / 88°F | 3 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| August | 58 | 36° / 97°F | 31° / 88°F | 3 mm | 9 | 32° / 90°F |
| September | 77 | 34° / 93°F | 30° / 86°F | 1 mm | 9 | 32° / 90°F |
| October | 95 | 32° / 90°F | 29° / 84°F | 7 mm | 8 | 31° / 88°F |
| November | 94 | 29° / 84°F | 27° / 81°F | 12 mm | 7 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 95 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 8 mm | 6 | 28° / 82°F |
Sea temperature in Port Sudan by month
The sea off Port Sudan is warmest in August at around 32°C / 90°F, and coolest in February at 26°C / 79°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
See Port Sudan on the interactive sunshine globe →
Nearby places for sunshine
- Jeddah Saudi Arabia · 320 km · best in Feb · 3,618 h sun/yr
- Taif Saudi Arabia · 413 km · best in Feb · 3,742 h sun/yr
- Bisha Saudi Arabia · 567 km · best in Jan · 3,690 h sun/yr
- Abha Saudi Arabia · 586 km · best in Jun · 3,555 h sun/yr
- Medina Saudi Arabia · 624 km · best in Feb · 3,750 h sun/yr
- Jizan Saudi Arabia · 632 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kassala Sudan · 460 km · 3,681 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Al-Baha Saudi Arabia · 470 km · 3,596 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Asmara Eritrea · 494 km · 3,420 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Yanbu Saudi Arabia · 531 km · 3,741 h sun/yr · best in Feb
Head-to-head
How Port Sudan compares month by month: Port Sudan vs Khartoum · Port Sudan vs Jeddah · Port Sudan vs Taif · Port Sudan vs Bisha · all comparisons
Put the Port Sudan sunshine badge on your site
A compact badge showing Port Sudan's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:
Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: