Region · Sudan
Best time to visit North Kordofan
This guide covers 4 destinations in North Kordofan, a first-level administrative division of Sudan. The largest by population are El-Obeid, Umm Badr and En Nahud. The airport most of them name as their nearest is El-Obeid Airport (EBD).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Main airport
- EBDEl-Obeid Airport
- Currency
- SDGSudanese pound
- Time zone
- Africa/Khartoum
Destinations
Destinations in North Kordofan
Every destination in this guide in North Kordofan, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| El-Obeid | 560,471 | EBD · 4 km | |
| Umm Badr | 112,000 | ||
| En Nahud | 87,000 | ||
| Umm Ruwaba | 56,833 | EBD · 110 km |
When to go
Best time to visit North Kordofan
From the climate of 4 destinations in North Kordofan with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 0 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | 34 °C | 0 mm |
| March | 0 of 4 | 37 °C | 0 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 40 °C | 1 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 40 °C | 13 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 38 °C | 31 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 34 °C | 117 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 33 °C | 131 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 35 °C | 61 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 37 °C | 17 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | 35 °C | 0 mm |
| December | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 0 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving North Kordofan
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in North Kordofan name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
EBD · El-Obeid Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in North Kordofan, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Sudan
Nearby
Regions near North Kordofan
Other regions of Sudan with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.