Khartoum

Sudan

The sprawling, dusty capital city where the White Nile and Blue Nile dramatically merge into one mighty river.

Warmest month is May at 42°C on average. Coolest is January at 30°C. Driest reading falls in January with 0 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January30°±5°0
February32°±5°0
March37°±4°0
April40°±3°0
May42°±3°1
June41°±3°1
July38°±3°2
August36°±4°6
September38°±3°2
October39°±2°1
November35°±3°0
December32°±3°0

What to do

  • Watch a swirling Sufi dhikr ceremony at Omdurman
  • Visit the National Museum's rescued Nubian temples
  • Take a boat ride to the confluence of the two Niles

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.