Climate
Port Sudan has an arid climate with very hot summers and moderately hot winters. Temperatures can easily exceed 30C in winter and 45C in summer. Over 90% of the annual rainfall falls between October and January, mostly in November. Average annual rainfall is 76 mm. The average temperature in Port Sudan is 28.4C (83.1F). Port Sudan receives about 3200 sunshine hours annually.
| Climate data for Port Sudan, Sudan (1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26.8 (80.2) |
27.0 (80.6) |
28.8 (83.8) |
31.4 (88.5) |
35.0 (95.0) |
38.5 (101.3) |
40.1 (104.2) |
40.2 (104.4) |
37.4 (99.3) |
33.4 (92.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
28.8 (83.8) |
33.18 (91.73) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 23.3 (73.9) |
23.0 (73.4) |
24.3 (75.7) |
26.5 (79.7) |
29.3 (84.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
34.1 (93.4) |
34.5 (94.1) |
32.1 (89.8) |
29.3 (84.7) |
27.3 (81.1) |
24.7 (76.5) |
28.38 (83.09) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 19.7 (67.5) |
19.0 (66.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
23.7 (74.7) |
25.9 (78.6) |
28.2 (82.8) |
28.9 (84.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
25.3 (77.5) |
23.8 (74.8) |
21.3 (70.3) |
23.68 (74.62) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 7.2 (0.283) |
0.9 (0.035) |
0.9 (0.035) |
0.2 (0.008) |
1.1 (0.043) |
0.2 (0.008) |
3.8 (0.15) |
1.4 (0.055) |
0.0 (0) |
13.9 (0.547) |
35.0 (1.378) |
10.0 (0.394) |
74.6 (2.937) |
| Avg. precipitation days | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 10.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 195.3 | 228.8 | 282.1 | 306.0 | 322.4 | 285.0 | 272.8 | 288.3 | 282.0 | 297.6 | 225.0 | 213.9 | 3,199.2 |
| Source: Hong Kong Observatory, | |||||||||||||
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