Khartoum
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About
Khartoum, also spelled Khartum, is the capital city of Sudan as well as Khartoum State. With an estimated population of 7.1 million people, Greater Khartoum is the largest urban area in Sudan.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Khartoum, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Khartoum
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
42° / 30°
UV Very high
Sat
Overcast
43° / 29°
UV Very high
Sun
Clear
43° / 29°
UV Very high
Mon
Clear
42° / 30°
UV Very high
Tue
Clear
43° / 30°
UV Very high
Wed
Clear
43° / 30°
UV Very high
Thu
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
47° / 19°
Typical high / low
0 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.8h
05:20 – 18:11local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Khartoum
1 commercial airport within 100 km. Closest is Khartoum International Airport (KRT) at 3 km.
Getting around Khartoum
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, Khartoum State Government.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.