Climate averages 1991–2020
Winejok weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Winejok: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (91 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Winejok, with 194 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Winejok ranks joint 3rd of 6 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 29.2°C; Winejok is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 185 mm to 128 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Winejok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 9.9 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.6°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 31 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.9°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 81 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 115 | 18.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 169 | 22.4 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 185 | 24.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 128 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 84 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 5.9 | 1.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.612 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
August in nearby cities
- Kuacjok in AugustSouth Sudan · 91 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Wau in AugustSouth Sudan · 153 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 192 mm rain
- El Daein in AugustSudan · 315 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Kadugli in AugustSudan · 324 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 187 mm rain
- Gereida in AugustSudan · 366 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 131 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in AugustSudan · 421 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 88 mm rain
- Nyala in AugustSudan · 448 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Malakal in AugustSouth Sudan · 453 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 194 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 Winejok) is explained once on the Winejok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.