Climate of Sudan

Climate of Sudan

Sudan is located in the tropical region and the climatic regions are diversified as follows:

Hot desert climate in northern Sudan.
Mediterranean climate on the Red Sea coast and the Jebel Marra region in Darfur, The semi-desert climate in northern central Sudan,Poor savannah climate in southern and western Sudan Savannah climate rich in the southern borders of Sudan.

The tropical climate is characterized by a high temperature on most days of the year, especially in summer and it ranges from a very dry climate in the far north, to hot, rainy summers and mild winters in the savannah areas in the center and semi-humid in the far south of Kordofan and southern Blue Nile, and hot dry in summer, Cold winter rain on the coast of the Red Sea and the region of Jebel Marra.

The annual rainfall ranges around zero in the far north, where it rains in these areas once every five or six years, to 500 mm to 1000 mm in the central and southwest regions.