Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuacjok weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Kuacjok: daytime highs average 35.8°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wau (67 km away). In January its highs average 35.7°C, about as warm as Kuacjok, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Kuacjok ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest January highs and joint 1st of 6 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 6 cities is 35.3°C; Kuacjok is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 37.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.3 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Kuacjok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 35.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 38.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 16 | 2.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.8°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 42 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 98 | 17.9 | 12.512 h |
| June | 32.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 122 | 19.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 171 | 23.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 194 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 148 | 22.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 103 | 18.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 35.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
January in nearby cities
- Wau in JanuarySouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Winejok in JanuarySouth Sudan · 91 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kadugli in JanuarySudan · 356 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- El Daein in JanuarySudan · 406 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Malakal in JanuarySouth Sudan · 427 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Gereida in JanuarySudan · 454 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 0 mm rain
- Bakwa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 469 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 17 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in JanuarySudan · 491 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 0 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 Kuacjok) is explained once on the Kuacjok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.