Atbara Weather in August
Atbara in August
The short of it: Atbara in August averages a high of 40 °C (105 °F) and a low of 28 °C (83 °F), with 27 mm (1.1 in) of rain and about 12 h 43 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 40° · low 28° · rain 27 mm · daylight 12 h 43 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Atbara an average August high of 40°, a low of 28° and some 27 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 40° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 27 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 43 min in mid-August, 22 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Atbara runs about middling and drier than most in August. Ad-Damir, 12 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
August in Atbara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 5th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 15 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 43 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ad-DamirRiver Nile | 12 km S | 40° | 28° | 29 mm |
| BerberRiver Nile | 36 km N | 41° | 28° | 24 mm |
| El BaugaRiver Nile | 63 km N | 41° | 28° | 19 mm |
| ShendiRiver Nile | 127 km SSW | 38° | 27° | 48 mm |
| El MatamaRiver Nile | 129 km SSW | 38° | 27° | 45 mm |
| KuraymahNorthern State | 245 km WNW | 43° | 29° | 9.0 mm |
| MeroweNorthern State | 245 km WNW | 43° | 29° | 12 mm |
| Khartoum NorthKhartoum | 276 km SW | 37° | 26° | 54 mm |