Climate guideThirty-year normals for Khartoum

Khartoum climate by month

Hot desert · BWhBest Jan–Feb · Dec

Annual mean29°day and night

Seasonal swing11°warmest vs coolest

Precipitation106 mm24 wet days a year

15.55° N, 32.53° EElevation 381 mUTC+2 · Central Africa Time

When to goKhartoum · weather score

Best timeJan–Feb · Dec

October: high / low38° / 26°

iSummary

What the weather is like

Khartoum has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.

The warmest month is May, when afternoons average 41° and nights 27°. January is the coolest month, with highs of 29° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 11°.

About 106 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (46 mm, 11 wet days) and January the driest (0 mm, 0 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 5% in November to 28% in August.

Year in figures

Hottest afternoons: 41° · May
Coldest nights: 15° · January
Wettest month: August
Driest month: January
Clearest skies: November · 5% cloud
Longest day: 13 h 03 min
Shortest day: 11 h 13 min

iiCharts

Twelve months at a glance

Temperature and precipitation

Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columns

Temperature curve

Average high, low

Daylight

Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each month

iiiData table

Climate normals month by month

Climate normals for Khartoum by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	29°	31°	35°	39°	41°	40°	38°	37°	38°	38°	34°	31°
Average low	15°	16°	20°	24°	27°	27°	26°	26°	26°	26°	21°	17°
Precipitation	0 mm	0 mm	0 mm	0 mm	4 mm	4 mm	27 mm	46 mm	20 mm	5 mm	0 mm	0 mm
Wet days (≥1 mm)	0	0	0	0.1	0.8	0.7	5.8	10.8	4.1	1.1	0	0.1
Cloud cover	9%	8%	8%	6%	12%	14%	24%	28%	21%	11%	5%	8%
Daylight	11h 18	11h 38	12h 02	12h 29	12h 51	13h 03	12h 58	12h 39	12h 14	11h 48	11h 25	11h 13
Month score	82	73	58	58	56	56	44	33	48	55	61	76