Port Sudan weather by month
The best time to visit Port Sudan is February to April — 96/100 in March, 29°C and 0 rainy days. The best season is spring, March to May (94/100 on average).
The worst month is August at 73/100 — sweltering, dry. See August →
Updated September 2026 · climate normals from ERA5 reanalysis
Best season: March to May (94/100 on average) · worst August (73/100)
- Days
- 29°C
- Nights
- 20°C
- Wet days
- 0
- Sun
- 10.9 h
- Humidity
- 60%
- Daylight
- 12 h
Port Sudan, month by month
Comfort score out of 100 for the kind of trip Port Sudan is best for, the average high, rainy days and hours of sun a day from the climate normals, and how busy it tends to be.
What's on in Port Sudan through the year
Festivals, natural spectacles, holidays and the seasons to watch out for — curated and sourced. The month pages carry the detail.
Crowds in Port Sudan in March
How busy the place itself is — school and mass holidays, the months an editor tagged, and how sought-after the weather makes them. Never part of the comfort score.
BusyRamadan, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it(estimated)
Peak crowdsBusyShoulder seasonQuiet
Traveller notes on Port Sudan
What people who have been say about the place — the year-round notes first, then month by month.
Trip reports for Port Sudan are essentially absent from the forum, and the destination's own Tripadvisor page currently carries a formal advisory against non-essential travel to the area - consistent with how thin, advisory-affected destinations are documented on this site: honestly, and grounded in regional climate knowledge rather than fabricated specifics. Port Sudan sits on a hot, arid stretch of the Red Sea coast, and the well-established regional pattern for March is a transitional month - warm days, still-mild nights before the fiercer pre-summer heat of April and May sets in, and very little rainfall at any point in the dry season. The Red Sea itself stays warm enough for diving and snorkeling essentially year-round, one of the few practical upsides posters consistently mention for this stretch of coastline generally.
Detailed month-specific weather trip reports for Port Sudan are essentially absent from the forum, with current guidance recommending against non-essential travel to Sudan and noting many accommodations along this coast close from around the end of April through September. Given the limited destination-specific coverage, this note is grounded in the well-established regional pattern for this stretch of the Red Sea coast: September remains solidly within the region's intense summer heat, with very little rainfall and daytime temperatures commonly well above 35C. Posters generally emphasize checking current safety and travel advisories as the pressing concern for Port Sudan, well ahead of the specific month chosen.
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