Climate averages 1991–2020
Malakal weather
in November.
A very hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a very hot month in Malakal: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 42 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kadugli (269 km away). In November its highs average 35.7°C, 1.7°C warmer than Malakal, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Malakal ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest November highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 6 cities is 33.1°C; Malakal is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kadugli in NovemberSudan · 269 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Gambēla in NovemberEthiopia · 351 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in NovemberSudan · 387 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Kosti in NovemberSudan · 418 kmHigh 36.5°C · Low 23.2°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kuacjok in NovemberSouth Sudan · 427 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 mm rain
- El Obeid in NovemberSudan · 435 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Wau in NovemberSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 17 mm rain
- Winejok in NovemberSouth Sudan · 453 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.9 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.