Climate averages 1991–2020
Malakal 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 Malakal: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kadugli (269 km away). In October its highs average 32.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Malakal, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Malakal ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 30.8°C; Malakal is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 14 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kadugli in OctoberSudan · 269 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Gambēla in OctoberEthiopia · 351 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in OctoberSudan · 387 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Kosti in OctoberSudan · 418 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Kuacjok in OctoberSouth Sudan · 427 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 103 mm rain
- El Obeid in OctoberSudan · 435 kmHigh 36.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Wau in OctoberSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Winejok in OctoberSouth Sudan · 453 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 84 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.