Climate averages 1991–2020
Juba weather
in February.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Juba: daytime highs average 37.4°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yei (131 km away). In February its highs average 34.4°C, 3.0°C cooler than Juba, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Juba ranks 5th of 6 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 6 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 6 cities is 37.1°C; Juba is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.8 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Yei in FebruarySouth Sudan · 131 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Arua in FebruaryUganda · 217 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Gulu in FebruaryUganda · 244 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Lira in FebruaryUganda · 324 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Kotido in FebruaryUganda · 351 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Masindi in FebruaryUganda · 354 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Hoima in FebruaryUganda · 381 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Bunia in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 395 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 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.