Climate averages 1991–2020
Wau weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Wau: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (67 km away). In November its highs average 34.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Wau, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Wau ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest November highs and 4th of 6 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 6 cities is 33.1°C; Wau is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 35.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kuacjok in NovemberSouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Winejok in NovemberSouth Sudan · 153 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Bakwa in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 403 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.7°C · 118 mm rain
- Kadugli in NovemberSudan · 414 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Malakal in NovemberSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 14 mm rain
- El Daein in NovemberSudan · 465 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Yei in NovemberSouth Sudan · 499 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Gereida in NovemberSudan · 506 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 0.7 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.