A poor savannah climate with thorn trees prevails throughout most of Darfur apart from the extreme south adjacent to Bahr Al-Arab where the savannah has luxuriant plant cover of grasses, trees and forests.
达尔富尔大部分地区除邻近阿拉伯河的南端地区以外都属于恶劣的热带草原气候，荆棘丛生；南端的热带草原则覆盖着茂密的草木和森林。