Port Sudan climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Port Sudan?

Port Sudan has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 210 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Port Sudan?

The hottest day measured in Port Sudan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2017, reaching 44.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Port Sudan?

The coldest day measured in Port Sudan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1993, at 13.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Port Sudan?

Almost never: Port Sudan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Port Sudan warmed?

Yes: Port Sudan warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Port Sudan?

The wettest day measured in Port Sudan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 1963, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Port Sudan?

The windiest day measured in Port Sudan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1965, with winds reaching 50.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Port Sudan?

The warmest month in Port Sudan is August (33.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Port Sudan?

Port Sudan receives on average 210 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 54 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Port Sudan?

Port Sudan gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Port Sudan (Sudan) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 210 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (33.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (22.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Port Sudan averages 0 frost days, 198 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 54 rainy days per year.

Port Sudan has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 44.1 °C (on 2 July 2017) and the coldest 13.0 °C (on 5 February 1993).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

Port SudanRed Sea

coords: 19.62°, 37.22°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthAugustColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthNovemberDriest monthSeptember

Mean daily temperature

27.9°C

Average daily high

31.1°C

Average daily low

24.9°C

Annual rainfall

210mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

22.4km/h

Seasonal range

11.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

198 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

54 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.3 °C

Average feels-like low

26.2 °C

Average peak gust

35.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

323 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

44.1 °C

2 July 2017

Coldest day

13.0 °C

5 February 1993

Wettest day

94 mm

4 November 1963

Windiest day

50.4 km/h

10 June 1965

Strongest gust

75.6 km/h

10 June 1965

Hottest feels-like

47.5 °C

31 July 2000

Coldest feels-like

7.7 °C

25 February 1992

Sunniest day

13.0 h

18 May 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.9 °C15 August 2025	17.2 °C31 December 2025	28.8 °C	110 mm	214
2024	42.1 °C13 July 2024	17.1 °C2 February 2024	29.1 °C	197 mm	210
2023	43.9 °C16 July 2023	17.7 °C17 February 2023	28.8 °C	239 mm	198
2022	40.8 °C26 July 2022	16.1 °C2 February 2022	28.6 °C	176 mm	223
2021	42.8 °C1 July 2021	16.7 °C6 February 2021	28.8 °C	127 mm	217
2020	43.1 °C21 July 2020	14.5 °C11 January 2020	28.4 °C	105 mm	203
2019	42.2 °C2 August 2019	17.4 °C19 January 2019	28.6 °C	141 mm	207
2018	41.1 °C8 August 2018	17.4 °C28 January 2018	28.8 °C	173 mm	213
2017	44.1 °C2 July 2017	17.4 °C19 February 2017	28.9 °C	100 mm	212
2016	42.1 °C23 June 2016	14.3 °C27 January 2016	29.0 °C	107 mm	231
2015	43.3 °C2 August 2015	14.1 °C9 January 2015	28.4 °C	77 mm	208
2014	42.5 °C30 August 2014	18.3 °C8 January 2014	28.6 °C	126 mm	210
2013	40.7 °C10 July 2013	17.2 °C12 January 2013	28.7 °C	101 mm	211
2012	42.5 °C28 July 2012	16.0 °C22 January 2012	28.6 °C	70 mm	216
2011	42.6 °C1 August 2011	17.3 °C17 January 2011	28.0 °C	94 mm	190
2010	42.8 °C19 August 2010	18.2 °C6 February 2010	29.2 °C	127 mm	225
2009	41.6 °C29 July 2009	18.2 °C2 March 2009	28.4 °C	106 mm	216
2008	40.9 °C19 July 2008	16.4 °C31 January 2008	28.4 °C	120 mm	208
2007	41.7 °C26 June 2007	16.6 °C6 February 2007	28.4 °C	127 mm	208
2006	41.4 °C18 August 2006	17.7 °C31 December 2006	28.4 °C	117 mm	198
2005	41.1 °C14 July 2005	17.1 °C20 January 2005	28.5 °C	124 mm	200
2004	41.7 °C17 July 2004	16.1 °C14 January 2004	28.3 °C	136 mm	219
2003	42.0 °C28 June 2003	17.3 °C27 February 2003	28.6 °C	122 mm	209
2002	42.6 °C10 August 2002	14.9 °C11 January 2002	28.2 °C	145 mm	210
2001	40.9 °C24 July 2001	17.4 °C25 January 2001	28.4 °C	188 mm	216
2000	42.5 °C30 July 2000	15.2 °C29 January 2000	28.1 °C	193 mm	202
1999	40.8 °C15 August 1999	15.1 °C9 January 1999	28.7 °C	155 mm	209
1998	42.2 °C6 August 1998	16.1 °C13 January 1998	28.5 °C	85 mm	221
1997	43.2 °C19 June 1997	15.8 °C25 January 1997	27.5 °C	220 mm	183
1996	41.4 °C2 August 1996	16.5 °C17 January 1996	28.0 °C	223 mm	196
1995	41.0 °C8 July 1995	16.6 °C9 February 1995	28.0 °C	136 mm	202
1994	41.5 °C4 July 1994	17.9 °C6 December 1994	28.1 °C	155 mm	207
1993	41.1 °C19 August 1993	13.0 °C5 February 1993	27.8 °C	208 mm	193
1992	40.3 °C17 July 1992	13.6 °C25 February 1992	27.0 °C	126 mm	183
1991	41.0 °C30 July 1991	17.3 °C26 January 1991	27.9 °C	72 mm	214
1990	41.6 °C19 July 1990	17.0 °C27 February 1990	27.8 °C	104 mm	203
1989	42.3 °C16 July 1989	15.8 °C5 February 1989	27.7 °C	168 mm	195
1988	43.1 °C10 July 1988	16.6 °C10 January 1988	28.4 °C	126 mm	203
1987	41.6 °C12 August 1987	16.5 °C15 March 1987	28.0 °C	122 mm	189
1986	40.9 °C23 July 1986	16.2 °C17 February 1986	27.6 °C	149 mm	198
1985	41.8 °C30 July 1985	16.3 °C17 February 1985	27.8 °C	192 mm	191
1984	38.9 °C4 July 1984	16.7 °C18 January 1984	27.4 °C	182 mm	194
1983	41.3 °C28 July 1983	14.6 °C24 January 1983	27.1 °C	106 mm	176
1982	40.8 °C14 August 1982	14.8 °C9 February 1982	27.0 °C	169 mm	176
1981	41.6 °C29 July 1981	15.6 °C11 February 1981	28.0 °C	164 mm	198
1980	40.2 °C21 July 1980	16.7 °C3 March 1980	27.9 °C	101 mm	204
1979	40.2 °C4 August 1979	17.6 °C10 January 1979	28.1 °C	226 mm	210
1978	41.7 °C14 July 1978	16.2 °C11 January 1978	27.7 °C	205 mm	196
1977	41.1 °C25 July 1977	17.2 °C7 February 1977	27.5 °C	140 mm	175
1976	41.4 °C11 July 1976	17.6 °C2 January 1976	27.3 °C	244 mm	193
1975	39.0 °C23 August 1975	16.2 °C18 January 1975	27.3 °C	174 mm	183
1974	40.5 °C2 July 1974	16.1 °C18 January 1974	27.6 °C	217 mm	196
1973	40.6 °C22 July 1973	15.8 °C16 January 1973	27.7 °C	182 mm	198
1972	39.4 °C27 June 1972	16.7 °C4 February 1972	27.4 °C	225 mm	189
1971	39.7 °C29 August 1971	14.6 °C24 December 1971	27.4 °C	235 mm	178
1970	41.1 °C12 August 1970	16.4 °C14 December 1970	27.8 °C	273 mm	196
1969	39.5 °C15 July 1969	16.2 °C30 January 1969	28.1 °C	230 mm	191
1968	40.9 °C28 July 1968	16.4 °C18 January 1968	27.8 °C	215 mm	194
1967	40.8 °C25 July 1967	16.6 °C7 February 1967	27.4 °C	274 mm	203
1966	41.3 °C1 August 1966	16.5 °C3 February 1966	27.6 °C	621 mm	192
1965	42.2 °C8 June 1965	14.3 °C11 January 1965	27.1 °C	895 mm	170
1964	41.1 °C17 July 1964	15.7 °C8 February 1964	27.0 °C	487 mm	191
1963	40.9 °C20 August 1963	17.4 °C7 December 1963	27.8 °C	941 mm	196
1962	42.8 °C11 August 1962	17.1 °C5 January 1962	28.0 °C	373 mm	199
1961	40.5 °C17 June 1961	17.9 °C14 December 1961	27.5 °C	294 mm	180
1960	41.4 °C14 July 1960	16.1 °C29 January 1960	28.1 °C	277 mm	189
1959	39.6 °C16 August 1959	14.0 °C22 January 1959	27.5 °C	224 mm	195
1958	41.3 °C3 August 1958	18.7 °C6 January 1958	28.2 °C	250 mm	204
1957	40.4 °C20 July 1957	13.8 °C23 January 1957	27.7 °C	233 mm	189
1956	41.4 °C25 July 1956	16.5 °C18 January 1956	27.9 °C	160 mm	191
1955	40.2 °C15 July 1955	15.8 °C31 December 1955	27.9 °C	187 mm	198
1954	40.5 °C21 July 1954	15.9 °C30 December 1954	28.0 °C	167 mm	194
1953	40.9 °C20 July 1953	16.6 °C20 December 1953	27.5 °C	274 mm	191
1952	40.1 °C24 June 1952	16.3 °C5 March 1952	27.6 °C	342 mm	190
1951	41.3 °C13 July 1951	15.1 °C23 December 1951	27.5 °C	183 mm	195
1950	40.0 °C10 July 1950	13.2 °C17 January 1950	27.2 °C	338 mm	187
1949	40.2 °C25 August 1949	15.0 °C9 February 1949	27.0 °C	144 mm	185
1948	39.5 °C14 August 1948	15.1 °C5 January 1948	26.9 °C	346 mm	171
1947	40.5 °C17 July 1947	15.8 °C22 January 1947	27.7 °C	309 mm	198
1946	39.9 °C17 August 1946	13.5 °C11 January 1946	27.4 °C	235 mm	193
1945	41.2 °C11 July 1945	14.7 °C2 February 1945	27.1 °C	166 mm	192
1944	39.6 °C4 July 1944	14.1 °C31 January 1944	27.3 °C	167 mm	187
1943	40.6 °C29 July 1943	14.7 °C1 February 1943	27.0 °C	460 mm	161
1942	40.9 °C1 July 1942	15.6 °C4 January 1942	27.4 °C	284 mm	188
1941	40.1 °C7 August 1941	16.2 °C4 March 1941	27.5 °C	145 mm	187
1940	40.8 °C21 July 1940	16.3 °C30 January 1940	27.4 °C	334 mm	178

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

32.0 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

214 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

110 mm

-100 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.3 °C	+1.4 °C	22 mm	-6 mm
Feb	25.6 °C	+0.2 °C	7 mm	-3 mm
Mar	27.8 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
Apr	30.4 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-4 mm
May	33.6 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Jun	36.1 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	39.4 °C	+1.5 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Aug	39.2 °C	+1.3 °C	4 mm	-1 mm
Sep	36.7 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	32.5 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-32 mm
Nov	29.4 °C	+1.1 °C	44 mm	-24 mm
Dec	26.8 °C	+0.7 °C	31 mm	-21 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.9 °C

15 Aug 2025

Coldest day

17.2 °C

31 Dec 2025

Wettest day

6.2 mm

14 Jan 2025

Windiest day

42.7 km/h

11 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

64.4 km/h

27 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

47.0 °C

13 Aug 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.4 °C

2 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

13.0 h

19 May 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Port Sudan?

Port Sudan has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.9 °C and it receives 210 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Port Sudan?

The hottest day measured in Port Sudan between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 2017, reaching 44.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Port Sudan?

The coldest day measured in Port Sudan between 1940 and 2025 was 5 February 1993, at 13.0 °C.

Does it snow in Port Sudan?

Almost never: Port Sudan sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Port Sudan warmed?

Yes: Port Sudan warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Port Sudan?

The wettest day measured in Port Sudan between 1940 and 2025 was 4 November 1963, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Port Sudan?

The windiest day measured in Port Sudan between 1940 and 2025 was 10 June 1965, with winds reaching 50.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Port Sudan?

The warmest month in Port Sudan is August (33.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (22.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Port Sudan?

Port Sudan receives on average 210 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 54 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Port Sudan?

Port Sudan gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Port Sudan?

Yes: Port Sudan has on average 323 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Port Sudan?

In Port Sudan, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 47.5 °C on 31 July 2000, and the lowest was 7.7 °C on 25 February 1992.

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