Port Sudan
City in Sudan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
PortSudan center harbour: Bertramz, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Port Sudan is a city in Sudan, in Red Sea. About 489,725 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Sudan in our atlas.
It lies at 19.62° N, 37.22° E, about 10 m (33 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Khartoum time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Port Sudan. Green dots: other major cities of Sudan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Port Sudan has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 36°C (97°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 23°C (74°F). Around 46 mm (2 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in SudanNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kassala · 470 km
- Al Qadarif · 649 km
- Khartoum North · 659 km
- Omdurman · 663 km
- Khartoum · 666 km
- Wad Medani · 696 km
- Kosti · 860 km
- El Obeid · 1,023 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 377039 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q208718 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- PortSudan center harbour: Bertramz, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)