Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuacjok weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Kuacjok: daytime highs average 38.8°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wau (67 km away). In March its highs average 38.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kuacjok, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Kuacjok ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 37.5°C; Kuacjok is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 37.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Wau in MarchSouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Winejok in MarchSouth Sudan · 91 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Kadugli in MarchSudan · 356 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 2.2 mm rain
- El Daein in MarchSudan · 406 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Malakal in MarchSouth Sudan · 427 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Gereida in MarchSudan · 454 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Bakwa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 469 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 99 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MarchSudan · 491 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 0.3 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.