Climate averages 1991–2020
Wau weather
in May.
A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Wau: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 118 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes May a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (67 km away). In May its highs average 35.0°C, 1.1°C warmer than Wau, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Wau ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest May highs and 4th of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 33.5°C; Wau is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 118 mm to 127 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kuacjok in MaySouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Winejok in MaySouth Sudan · 153 kmHigh 35.9°C · Low 25.7°C · 81 mm rain
- Bakwa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 403 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Kadugli in MaySudan · 414 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Malakal in MaySouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 70 mm rain
- El Daein in MaySudan · 465 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Yei in MaySouth Sudan · 499 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 155 mm rain
- Gereida in MaySudan · 506 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 26 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.