El Fasher
City in Sudan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Central of Elfashir north of darfour: Evon2023, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
El Fasher is a city in Sudan, in Northern Darfur. About 252,609 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Sudan in our atlas.
It lies at 13.63° N, 25.35° E, about 748 m (2,454 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Khartoum time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: El Fasher. Green dots: other major cities of Sudan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
El Fasher has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 39°C (102°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 11°C (51°F). Around 233 mm (9 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Nyala · 182 km
- El Daein · 255 km
- El Obeid · 527 km
- Kosti · 791 km
- Omdurman · 801 km
- Khartoum · 804 km
- Khartoum North · 807 km
- Wad Medani · 886 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 379555 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q311204 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Central of Elfashir north of darfour: Evon2023, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)