🇸🇩 Sudan
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When to go
Sudan, month by month
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Typical weather
What Khartoum is usually like
What a typical day looks like, hour by hour: 8am when you get up, 2pm in the afternoon, 8pm when you are out in the evening — on Sudan’s own clock, at Khartoum. Ten-year averages (2011–2020) measured at the capital, so this is Khartoum, not the whole of Sudan, and a mountain or a coast a few hours away can be nothing like it. Averages, not a forecast: a typical January rather than any particular one.
| ✕January, avoid | 16.6°C | 29°C | 25.7°C | 0 mm | 11h 18m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✕February, avoid | 19.5°C | 32.2°C | 29°C | 0 mm | 11h 39m |
| ✕March, avoid | 23°C | 35.7°C | 32.2°C | 0 mm | 12h 01m |
| ✕April, avoid | 26.7°C | 38.6°C | 35°C | 0 mm | 12h 29m |
| ✕May, avoid | 30.2°C | 40.4°C | 37.2°C | 3 mm | 12h 51m |
| ✕June, avoid | 29.9°C | 39.6°C | 37.1°C | 5 mm | 13h 03m |
| ✕July, avoid | 28.7°C | 37.4°C | 35.4°C | 15 mm | 12h 58m |
| ✕August, avoid | 27.3°C | 35.2°C | 33°C | 28 mm | 12h 39m |
| ✕September, avoid | 28.7°C | 37.9°C | 35.2°C | 5 mm | 12h 13m |
| ✕October, avoid | 28.1°C | 38°C | 34.4°C | 6 mm | 11h 48m |
| ✕November, avoid | 22.8°C | 34°C | 29.9°C | 0 mm | 11h 25m |
| ✕December, avoid | 18.8°C | 30.6°C | 26.7°C | 0 mm | 11h 13m |
Twelve months in order. Tap any heading to sort by it — the driest month, the longest day, the afternoon closest to the one you like.
The colour is the month, not the weather: ✕ avoid.
Temperature and rainfall are ERA5. Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of this information. Daylight: MET Norway, measured on the 15th of each month — the sun does not change, so that figure is exact rather than an average. Rainfall is a monthly total; daylight is sunset minus sunrise.
Right now
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FCDO advises against all travel.
Getting in, and staying safe
Visas, entry rules and health — the official pages
Entry rules, visa requirements, vaccinations and safety advice for Sudan all live on the pages below. Each one goes straight to Sudan, not to a search box.
We link to official sources and stop there. We do not check, summarise, rank or verify them — always read the official page itself before you travel, and read the one for your own nationality. We are an independent site with no government connection.
At a glance
The practical bits
| Plug types | C |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 230V |
| Emergency numbers * | 999 |
| Currency | Sudanese pound (SDG PT) |
| Language | Arabic, English |
| Dialling code | +249 |
| Driving | On the right |
| Coastline | 853 km of coastline |
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* Emergency numbers can change, and can vary by region within a country. Always confirm with your accommodation or the nearest embassy before you travel.
Worth knowing
Five things that hold almost everywhere
- Grab (or the local equivalent) beats street taxis in most of Asia — and even where you don't use it, the app price tells you what's fair.
- ATMs: withdraw big and rarely, always in the local currency, and always decline the machine's kind offer to charge your card in pounds — that 'service' costs 3–6%.
- eSIM before you land (Airalo or similar) so you're online at arrivals; swap to a local SIM if you're staying weeks.
- Scooters anywhere: without the right licence category your travel insurance is void. That's the whole conversation.
- Save the local emergency number on day one, and know which private hospital expats use in your city — ask your host the day you arrive.
General travel habits, not advice specific to Sudan. Rules, prices and fees change — check anything that matters before you rely on it.