Climate averages 1991–2020
Wau weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Wau: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (67 km away). In October its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Wau, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Wau ranks joint 2nd of 6 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 30.8°C; Wau is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 33.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kuacjok in OctoberSouth Sudan · 67 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Winejok in OctoberSouth Sudan · 153 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Bakwa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 403 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Kadugli in OctoberSudan · 414 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Malakal in OctoberSouth Sudan · 452 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 101 mm rain
- El Daein in OctoberSudan · 465 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Yei in OctoberSouth Sudan · 499 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 225 mm rain
- Gereida in OctoberSudan · 506 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 32 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.