All in Weather
Everything about Sudan is much lower-key than Egypt. It’s quieter, less crowded, slower paced, and overall just more relaxing to cycle in Sudan. We reveled in the tranquility of the desert, and the soft-spoken hospitality of the Sudanese people we met. The biggest factor out on the road was the fierce desert wind, which cut our cycling speeds in half, and covered everything we own with sand.
Even if “average” weather is an oxymoron, it’s still useful as a way to think about the conditions we might encounter along our cycling route across Africa. In that spirit, we’ve graphed the average temperatures, rainfall probabilities, and wind speed/direction for cities along our planned route, based on a guess of when we will pass through. Overall, the conditions will mostly be in our favor, based on our seasons and direction of travel. We’re pretty happy about that.
