North Darfur · Sudan
Al-Fashir travel guide
Al-Fashir is a city in North Darfur, Sudan, home to about 286,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- ELF3 km · El Fasher Airport
- Currency
- SDGSudanese pound
- Time zone
- Africa/Khartoum
- Language
- Arabic, English
About
About Al-Fashir
El Fasher (also alternatively rendered as Al-Fashir; Arabic: الفاشر, romanized: al-Fāshir) is a city in western Sudan. It serves as the capital of the North Darfur State, is located in the Darfur region of Sudan, and is 195 kilometres (121 mi) northeast of Nyala.
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When to go
The best time to visit Al-Fashir
Al-Fashir has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 39 °C; August is the wettest, with about 138 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Al-Fashir: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is El Fasher Airport (ELF), about 3.0 km from the city centre in a straight line.
ELF · El Fasher Airport
Questions
Al-Fashir: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Al-Fashir?
Al-Fashir has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 39 °C; August is the wettest, with about 138 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Al-Fashir?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is El Fasher Airport (ELF), about 3.0 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Al-Fashir?
Sudanese pound (SDG).
Nearby
Destinations near Al-Fashir
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.