Climate averages 1991–2020
Wau weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wau: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (67 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Wau, with 194 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Wau ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 29.2°C; Wau is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 192 mm to 155 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kuacjok in AugustSouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Winejok in AugustSouth Sudan · 153 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Bakwa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 403 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Kadugli in AugustSudan · 414 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Malakal in AugustSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 194 mm rain
- El Daein in AugustSudan · 465 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Yei in AugustSouth Sudan · 499 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Gereida in AugustSudan · 506 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 131 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.