About Port Sudan
Port Sudan is a city in Red Sea, Sudan with a population of 489,725. It is the 5th largest of the 75 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Sudan, and the 1,171st largest worldwide. It lies 671 km from Khartoum.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 5
Elevation
10 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Khartoum
Coordinates
19.617, 37.216
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 75 in SudanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.