Kassala
City in Sudan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kassala center Totil: Bertramz, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kassala is a city in Sudan. About 401,477 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Sudan in our atlas.
It lies at 15.45° N, 36.40° E, about 507 m (1,663 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Khartoum time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kassala. Green dots: other major cities of Sudan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kassala has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually May, with average highs near 41°C (106°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (62°F). Around 287 mm (11 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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- Al Qadarif · 191 km
- Wad Medani · 329 km
- Khartoum · 414 km
- Khartoum North · 414 km
- Omdurman · 420 km
- Port Sudan · 471 km
- Kosti · 474 km
- El Obeid · 708 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 372753 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q686813 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kassala center Totil: Bertramz, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)