El Obeid
City in Sudan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
الأبيض1: محسن الفكي, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
El Obeid is a city in Sudan, in North Kordofan. About 393,311 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Sudan in our atlas.
It lies at 13.18° N, 30.22° E, about 573 m (1,880 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Khartoum time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: El Obeid. Green dots: other major cities of Sudan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
El Obeid has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 13°C (55°F). Around 364 mm (14 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.
What to eat in SudanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kosti · 264 km
- Khartoum · 363 km
- Omdurman · 366 km
- Khartoum North · 371 km
- Wad Medani · 382 km
- El Daein · 482 km
- El Fasher · 528 km
- Al Qadarif · 566 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 379003 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q309475 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- الأبيض1: محسن الفكي, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)