Port Sudan climate

Name: Port Sudan
Address: SD

Port Sudan is warmest in August, with average highs of 41 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average 19 °C. November is the wettest month (43 mm) and June the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Port Sudan averages 135 mm of rain and 346 days above 25 °C.

Sudan · population 489,725 · 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 August 41 °C
Coldest month February 19 °C
Driest month June 0 mm
Wettest month November 43 mm
Least cloud September 12 % cloud
Hottest on record June 48 °C
Coldest on record February 9.8 °C
Warmest sea August 31 °C

What to expectPort Sudan through the year

Port Sudan has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in February to 41 °C in August, a swing of 12 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 346 days a year reach 25 °C, 225 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 43 mm against 0 mm in June — 300 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Port Sudan is warmest in August at 31 °C and coldest in February at 25 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.7 °C	18 mm	48 %
February	26.6 °C	6 mm	35 %
March	28.7 °C	1 mm	19 %
April	31.6 °C	3 mm	15 %
May	35.3 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
June	38.4 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
July	40.6 °C	4 mm	29 %
August	40.7 °C	4 mm	26 %
September	37.6 °C	1 mm	12 %
October	33.3 °C	14 mm	20 %
November	29.3 °C	43 mm	42 %
December	26.7 °C	42 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.7 °C	19.0 °C	22.4 °C	31.4 °C	11.4 °C	21	0
February	26.6 °C	18.8 °C	22.7 °C	31.2 °C	9.8 °C	23	0
March	28.7 °C	19.5 °C	24.2 °C	34.8 °C	13.9 °C	31	7
April	31.6 °C	22.0 °C	26.9 °C	38.8 °C	16.0 °C	30	24
May	35.3 °C	24.7 °C	30.3 °C	41.2 °C	19.5 °C	31	31
June	38.4 °C	26.3 °C	32.6 °C	47.7 °C	21.9 °C	30	30
July	40.6 °C	28.5 °C	34.4 °C	47.0 °C	24.3 °C	31	31
August	40.7 °C	29.1 °C	34.6 °C	46.6 °C	24.6 °C	31	31
September	37.6 °C	26.7 °C	32.2 °C	44.4 °C	23.0 °C	30	30
October	33.3 °C	25.1 °C	29.2 °C	39.2 °C	20.4 °C	31	30
November	29.3 °C	23.4 °C	26.3 °C	34.6 °C	17.5 °C	30	11
December	26.7 °C	21.0 °C	23.8 °C	30.5 °C	15.2 °C	27	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	18 mm	6	11 h/day	48 %	67 %	24 km/h	25.9 °C
February	6 mm	2	11 h/day	35 %	65 %	24 km/h	25.3 °C
March	1 mm	0	12 h/day	19 %	60 %	24 km/h	25.9 °C
April	3 mm	0	13 h/day	15 %	57 %	23 km/h	27.2 °C
May	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	15 %	48 %	22 km/h	28.9 °C
June	under 1 mm	0	13 h/day	13 %	40 %	22 km/h	29.6 °C
July	4 mm	1	13 h/day	29 %	41 %	26 km/h	30.6 °C
August	4 mm	1	13 h/day	26 %	45 %	25 km/h	31.2 °C
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	12 %	52 %	20 km/h	31.2 °C
October	14 mm	4	12 h/day	20 %	67 %	19 km/h	30.8 °C
November	43 mm	12	11 h/day	42 %	72 %	21 km/h	29.3 °C
December	42 mm	12	11 h/day	55 %	71 %	23 km/h	27.4 °C

How Port Sudan 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
Port Sudan	41 °C	19 °C	135 mm	346
Jeddah · Saudi Arabia	35 °C	20 °C	85 mm	352
Makkah · Saudi Arabia	41 °C	16 °C	136 mm	348
Ta’if · Saudi Arabia	34 °C	10 °C	179 mm	248
Abha · Saudi Arabia	27 °C	10 °C	793 mm	103
Khamis Mushait · Saudi Arabia	31 °C	10 °C	404 mm	215
Şabyā · Saudi Arabia	37 °C	22 °C	213 mm	364

Where Port Sudan ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in March	1stof 50	99/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August	1stof 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in July	1stof 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in October	1stof 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in September	1stof 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in November	2ndof 50	29 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Port Sudan’s climate

When is the best time to visit Port Sudan?

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, August is the warmest month and June the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Port Sudan get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 41 °C. About 225 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 48 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 19 °C in February, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Port Sudan?

November, averaging 43 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is June with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 135 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 Port Sudan 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
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.