Climate averages 1991–2020
Wau weather
in June.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Wau: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes June a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (67 km away). In June its highs average 32.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wau, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Wau ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest June highs and 5th of 6 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 6 cities is 31.3°C; Wau is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 166 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Kuacjok in JuneSouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 122 mm rain
- Winejok in JuneSouth Sudan · 153 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 115 mm rain
- Bakwa in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 403 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 132 mm rain
- Kadugli in JuneSudan · 414 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Malakal in JuneSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 102 mm rain
- El Daein in JuneSudan · 465 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Yei in JuneSouth Sudan · 499 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Gereida in JuneSudan · 506 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 62 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.