Khartoum climate

Name: Khartoum
Address: SD

Khartoum is warmest in May, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 15 °C. August is the wettest month (25 mm) and January the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Khartoum averages 65 mm of rain and 360 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 1,974,647 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month May 41 °C
Coldest month January 15 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 25 mm
Least cloud November 10 % cloud
Hottest on record May 46 °C
Coldest on record January 6.2 °C

What to expectKhartoum through the year

Khartoum has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in January to 41 °C in May, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 360 days a year reach 25 °C, 323 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C, in May.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in January to 25 mm in August. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	29.7 °C	0 mm	18 %
February	32.2 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
March	35.7 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
April	39.2 °C	under 1 mm	14 %
May	40.6 °C	4 mm	22 %
June	40.3 °C	3 mm	29 %
July	37.7 °C	21 mm	46 %
August	36.9 °C	25 mm	53 %
September	38.5 °C	9 mm	38 %
October	38.3 °C	3 mm	23 %
November	34.3 °C	under 1 mm	10 %
December	30.8 °C	under 1 mm	14 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	29.7 °C	15.1 °C	22.4 °C	40.2 °C	6.2 °C	28	14
February	32.2 °C	17.0 °C	24.7 °C	41.4 °C	6.9 °C	27	20
March	35.7 °C	19.8 °C	28.1 °C	44.0 °C	11.2 °C	31	30
April	39.2 °C	23.4 °C	32.0 °C	45.1 °C	14.1 °C	30	30
May	40.6 °C	26.5 °C	34.2 °C	45.5 °C	18.6 °C	31	31
June	40.3 °C	27.1 °C	34.2 °C	45.2 °C	21.5 °C	30	30
July	37.7 °C	26.6 °C	32.2 °C	42.7 °C	22.8 °C	31	31
August	36.9 °C	26.0 °C	31.4 °C	42.6 °C	22.4 °C	31	30
September	38.5 °C	26.5 °C	32.9 °C	44.0 °C	22.5 °C	30	30
October	38.3 °C	25.6 °C	32.4 °C	41.8 °C	18.0 °C	31	31
November	34.3 °C	20.5 °C	27.6 °C	39.5 °C	12.3 °C	30	28
December	30.8 °C	16.7 °C	23.6 °C	37.6 °C	7.9 °C	30	19

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	0 mm	0	11 h/day	18 %	28 %	23 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	16 %	21 %	24 km/h
March	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	16 %	15 %	24 km/h
April	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	14 %	13 %	23 km/h
May	4 mm	1	13 h/day	22 %	18 %	22 km/h
June	3 mm	1	13 h/day	29 %	26 %	23 km/h
July	21 mm	4	13 h/day	46 %	44 %	26 km/h
August	25 mm	6	13 h/day	53 %	51 %	25 km/h
September	9 mm	3	12 h/day	38 %	40 %	21 km/h
October	3 mm	1	12 h/day	23 %	28 %	19 km/h
November	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	10 %	26 %	22 km/h
December	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	14 %	31 %	22 km/h

How Khartoum compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Khartoum	41 °C	15 °C	65 mm	360
Wad Medani · Sudan	41 °C	18 °C	177 mm	365
Kosti · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	224 mm	365
Singa · Sudan	41 °C	20 °C	335 mm	365
Al Qadarif · Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	406 mm	365
El Obeid · Sudan	38 °C	15 °C	213 mm	358
Kassala · Sudan	40 °C	17 °C	170 mm	365

Where Khartoum ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in March	1st of 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in the world in March	1st of 50	0.00 mm
The warmest places in Africa in October	1st of 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in October	1st of 50	38 °C
The driest places in Africa in January	2nd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in January	2nd of 50	0 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Khartoum.

QuestionsCommon questions about Khartoum’s climate

When is the best time to visit Khartoum?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, May is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Khartoum get?

In May, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 323 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 46 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Khartoum?

August, averaging 25 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 65 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Khartoum rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 15.552°, 32.532° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.