Climate averages 1991–2020
Wau weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Wau: daytime highs average 38.2°C and nights cool to about 25.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (67 km away). In March its highs average 38.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wau, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Wau ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 37.5°C; Wau is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kuacjok in MarchSouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 38.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Winejok in MarchSouth Sudan · 153 kmHigh 39.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 9.9 mm rain
- Bakwa in MarchDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 403 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Kadugli in MarchSudan · 414 kmHigh 39.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Malakal in MarchSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 39.3°C · Low 25.8°C · 3.7 mm rain
- El Daein in MarchSudan · 465 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Yei in MarchSouth Sudan · 499 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 67 mm rain
- Gereida in MarchSudan · 506 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 1.1 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.