Climate averages 1991–2020
Malakal weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Malakal: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kadugli (269 km away). In September its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Malakal, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Malakal ranks joint 2nd of 6 for the warmest September highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 6 cities is 30.0°C; Malakal is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 101 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kadugli in SeptemberSudan · 269 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Gambēla in SeptemberEthiopia · 351 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Ad-Damazin in SeptemberSudan · 387 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 104 mm rain
- Kosti in SeptemberSudan · 418 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Kuacjok in SeptemberSouth Sudan · 427 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 148 mm rain
- El Obeid in SeptemberSudan · 435 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Wau in SeptemberSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Winejok in SeptemberSouth Sudan · 453 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 128 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.