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Sudan climate

Hot, dry, with a brief wet season. Browse cities below to find a city with detailed month-by-month records.

Popular cities:Khartoum · Omdurman · Khartoum North · Nyala · Port Sudan · Kassala

Browse all 21 cities in Sudan

Grouped by climate type, then by population.

BWh

Hot desert

10 cities
Port Sudanpop 490kKassalapop 401kKostipop 345kEl Daeinpop 265kEl Fasherpop 253kSingapop 250kRabakpop 135kAtbarapop 112kAd-Damirpop 104kDongolapop 56k
As

Tropical savanna (dry summer)

5 cities
Khartoumpop 2.0MOmdurmanpop 1.8MKhartoum Northpop 1.0MWad Medanipop 333kKaduglipop 88k
BSh

Hot semi-arid

5 cities
Nyalapop 566kAl Qadarifpop 364kAd-Damazinpop 186kAl-Junaynahpop 163kZalinjaypop 35k
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Other / unclassified

1 city
El Obeidpop 393k

A few cities, to show the range

A spread picked to show how different the climate gets across Sudan.

Khartoum
Tropical savanna (dry summer)As
Omdurman
Tropical savanna (dry summer)As
Khartoum North
Tropical savanna (dry summer)As
Nyala
Hot semi-aridBSh
Port Sudan
Hot desertBWh
Kassala
Hot desertBWh

Climate types in Sudan

Sudan spans 3 climate types. All climate types:

BWh Hot desert · 10 citiesAs Tropical savanna (dry summer) · 5 citiesBSh Hot semi-arid · 5 cities
Climate records across Sudan — warmest, coolest, wettest, driest

Warmest Omdurman (87.1 °F avg) · Coolest Al-Junaynah (79.0 °F avg) · Wettest Omdurman (30 in/yr) · Driest Dongola (0 in/yr)These are the extreme ends of our city records, not typical conditions — most of Sudan sits well between them.