Climate averages 1991–2020
Winejok weather
in May.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Winejok: daytime highs average 35.9°C and nights cool to about 25.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuacjok (91 km away). In May its highs average 35.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Winejok, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Winejok ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest May highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 6 cities is 33.5°C; Winejok is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 115 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kuacjok in MaySouth Sudan · 91 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Wau in MaySouth Sudan · 153 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 118 mm rain
- El Daein in MaySudan · 315 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Kadugli in MaySudan · 324 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 25.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Gereida in MaySudan · 366 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 26 mm rain
- An Nuhūd in MaySudan · 421 kmHigh 38.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Nyala in MaySudan · 448 kmHigh 37.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Malakal in MaySouth Sudan · 453 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 25.8°C · 70 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.