Climate averages 1991–2020
Malakal weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Malakal: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 194 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kadugli (269 km away). In August its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Malakal, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Malakal ranks joint 3rd of 6 for the warmest August highs and joint 4th of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 29.2°C; Malakal is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 194 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Malakal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 37.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 3.7 | 1.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.3°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 27 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.4°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 70 | 14.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 32.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 102 | 17.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 172 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 194 | 24.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 129 | 20.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 101 | 16.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kadugli in AugustSudan · 269 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Gambēla in AugustEthiopia · 351 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.7°C · 105 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in AugustSudan · 387 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 143 mm rain
- Kosti in AugustSudan · 418 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Kuacjok in AugustSouth Sudan · 427 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 194 mm rain
- El Obeid in AugustSudan · 435 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Wau in AugustSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 192 mm rain
- Winejok in AugustSouth Sudan · 453 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 185 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 Malakal) is explained once on the Malakal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.