Jebel Barkal

Sudan

A flat-topped sandstone mountain revered in antiquity, towering over temple ruins and royal pyramids along the Nile.

Warmest month is June at 42°C on average. Coolest is January at 26°C. Driest reading falls in January with 0 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January26°±5°0
February28°±5°0
March34°±5°0
April38°±5°0
May41°±3°0
June42°±3°0
July41°±2°0
August40°±3°1
September41°±2°0
October38°±3°0
November32°±4°0
December28°±4°0

What to do

  • Climb the mountain at sunset for sweeping Nile views
  • Explore the ruins of the Temple of Amun
  • View the remarkably preserved tomb frescoes at El-Kurru

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.