Umm Badr (Arabic: أم بادر) is a town in North Kurdufan in Sudan at an altitude of 691 meters above sea level (2270 feet).

There is no railway connections to the town, but some roads are to be found which lead to many major neighboring cities such as Al Nuhud, Hamrat El Sheik, Barah and El-Obeid.

Recently a dam construction has been built to impound rain water.

Lake Umm Badr is the main water surface feature in the area.

[1] The British explorer and writer Michael Asher, author of A Desert Dies, lived in Umm Badr for some years[2] among the Kewahla Arab nomadic and pastoral tribe who roam the desert and the savanna regions in the area.