Climate averages 1991–2020
Wau weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Wau: daytime highs average 36.7°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (67 km away). In April its highs average 37.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Wau, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Wau ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 36.0°C; Wau is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Wau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 38.2°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 20 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 36.7°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 58 | 12.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 118 | 19.3 | 12.512 h |
| June | 31.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 127 | 20.3 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 166 | 23.2 | 12.513 h |
| August | 29.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 192 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 155 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 124 | 20.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 33.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 35.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 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
April in nearby cities
- Kuacjok in AprilSouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 37.8°C · Low 26.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Winejok in AprilSouth Sudan · 153 kmHigh 38.6°C · Low 26.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Bakwa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 403 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 180 mm rain
- Kadugli in AprilSudan · 414 kmHigh 39.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Malakal in AprilSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 26.7°C · 27 mm rain
- El Daein in AprilSudan · 465 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Yei in AprilSouth Sudan · 499 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Gereida in AprilSudan · 506 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 3.6 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 Wau) is explained once on the Wau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.