Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuacjok weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kuacjok: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wau (67 km away). In October its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Kuacjok, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Kuacjok ranks joint 2nd of 6 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 30.8°C; Kuacjok is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Wau in OctoberSouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Winejok in OctoberSouth Sudan · 91 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Kadugli in OctoberSudan · 356 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 67 mm rain
- El Daein in OctoberSudan · 406 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Malakal in OctoberSouth Sudan · 427 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 101 mm rain
- Gereida in OctoberSudan · 454 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Bakwa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 469 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 223 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in OctoberSudan · 491 kmHigh 35.8°C · Low 22.9°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.