Climate averages 1991–2020

Wau weather
in July.

A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 22.4°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 166 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Wau: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes July a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (67 km away). In July its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Wau, with 171 mm of rain.

Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Wau ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 6 cities is 29.7°C; Wau is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 166 mm to 192 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Wau, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Wau

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 limits

How 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.