North Kordofan · Sudan
El-Obeid travel guide
El-Obeid is a city in North Kordofan, Sudan, home to about 560,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- EBD4 km · El-Obeid Airport
- Currency
- SDGSudanese pound
- Time zone
- Africa/Khartoum
- Language
- Arabic, English
About
About El-Obeid
El Obeid (Arabic: الأُبَيِّض, romanized: al-ʔubayyiḍ, lit. 'the white' ), also romanized as Al-Ubayyid, is the capital of the state of North Kordofan, in Sudan. It is located within the Sheikan locality and under the former administrative structure within Sheikan District.
Founded by the pashas of Ottoman Egypt in 1821, the city was sacked by the Mahdists in September 1883. It was then rebuilt on a modern plan in 1898, following the fall of the Mahdist empire. The population of El-Obeid today is majority Muslim, with a small Christian presence. The town is the site of an airport and an oil refinery. El-Obeid is home to the University of Kordofan, one of the largest universities in Sudan, established in 1990.
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Things to do
What to see and do in El-Obeid
See
- Shikan Museum
- Our Lady Queen of Africa Cathedral
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When to go
The best time to visit El-Obeid
El-Obeid has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 40 °C; August is the wettest, with about 130 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 El-Obeid: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is El-Obeid Airport (EBD), about 3.8 km from the city centre in a straight line.
EBD · El-Obeid Airport
Questions
El-Obeid: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit El-Obeid?
El-Obeid has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 40 °C; August is the wettest, with about 130 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to El-Obeid?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is El-Obeid Airport (EBD), about 3.8 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in El-Obeid?
Sudanese pound (SDG).
Nearby
Destinations near El-Obeid
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.