Climate averages 1991–2020
Malakal weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Malakal: daytime highs average 35.4°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kadugli (269 km away). In May its highs average 36.8°C, 1.5°C warmer than Malakal, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Malakal ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 33.5°C; Malakal is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 70 mm to 102 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kadugli in MaySudan · 269 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Gambēla in MayEthiopia · 351 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in MaySudan · 387 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 26.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Kosti in MaySudan · 418 kmHigh 39.7°C · Low 26.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Kuacjok in MaySouth Sudan · 427 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 98 mm rain
- El Obeid in MaySudan · 435 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Wau in MaySouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Winejok in MaySouth Sudan · 453 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 81 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.