Kassala weather by month & the best time to visit

Sudan · city break · hot desert climate

The best time to visit Kassala is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 90/100), with December close behind. Kassala averages about 3,681 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 33°C / 91°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

3,681

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

90/100

Rain / year

288 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

401k

Elevation

507 m

When is the best time to visit Kassala?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kassala is January, then December. The dullest month is April (10/100, 3 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kassala?

Kassala is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,681 hours of sunshine a year. 80 Sunshine Score points separate January (90) from April (10), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #5 of 7 destinations in Sudan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 3,699 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 82% of the year's 288 mm falls in the three months around August.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Khartoum Sudan · 405 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
• Port Sudan Sudan · 460 km · best in Feb · 2,938 h sun/yr
• Jizan Saudi Arabia · 689 km · best in Feb · 3,288 h sun/yr
• Abha Saudi Arabia · 744 km · best in Jun · 3,555 h sun/yr
• Jeddah Saudi Arabia · 761 km · best in Feb · 3,618 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 762 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Shire Inda Selassie Ethiopia · 255 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Asmara Eritrea · 277 km · 3,420 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Axum Ethiopia · 297 km · 3,416 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Gondar Ethiopia · 340 km · 3,297 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Mekele Ethiopia · 406 km · 3,309 h sun/yr · best in Jan