Sinkat (Arabic: سنكات, romanized: Sinkāt, Beja Ookwaakw) is a small town in eastern Sudan.

It is the main city of the district of the same name and, in some respects, the "capital" of the Hadendowa.

It is served by a station on the mainline of the Sudan railway network.

Rainfall is minimal except for July - August, when easterly winds bring 62 millimetres of rain.

Sinkat has some, though very sparse, erratic, and negligible rain in nearly every month of the year.