Climate averages 1991–2020
Juba weather
in April.
A very hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Juba: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yei (131 km away). In April its highs average 30.6°C, 3.4°C cooler than Juba, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Juba ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 36.0°C; Juba is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 122 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Juba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| February | 37.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 36.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 30 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 34.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 98 | 15.4 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 122 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 111 | 17.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 127 | 19.1 | 12.412 h |
| August | 29.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 135 | 21.0 | 12.312 h |
| September | 30.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 113 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 172 | 20.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 72 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 34.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 9.2 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Yei in AprilSouth Sudan · 131 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Arua in AprilUganda · 217 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Gulu in AprilUganda · 244 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 198 mm rain
- Lira in AprilUganda · 324 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Kotido in AprilUganda · 351 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Masindi in AprilUganda · 354 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Hoima in AprilUganda · 381 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 291 mm rain
- Bunia in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 395 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 105 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Juba) is explained once on the Juba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.