Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuacjok weather
in May.
A very hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Kuacjok: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wau (67 km away). In May its highs average 33.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Kuacjok, with 118 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Kuacjok ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest May highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 33.5°C; Kuacjok is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 122 mm.
The annual picture
May 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 | 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Wau in MaySouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Winejok in MaySouth Sudan · 91 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Kadugli in MaySudan · 356 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- El Daein in MaySudan · 406 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Malakal in MaySouth Sudan · 427 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 70 mm rain
- Gereida in MaySudan · 454 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Bakwa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 469 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 155 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MaySudan · 491 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 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.