Climate averages 1991–2020
Yei weather
in February.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Yei: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arua (122 km away). In February its highs average 31.2°C, 3.2°C cooler than Yei, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in South Sudan, Yei ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest February highs and 6th of 6 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 6 cities is 37.1°C; Yei is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Yei climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 9.5 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| February, selected | 34.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| March | 33.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 67 | 12.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 146 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 155 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 143 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 183 | 24.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 199 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 178 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 225 | 25.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 123 | 16.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 21 | 4.0 | 11.912 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
February in nearby cities
- Arua in FebruaryUganda · 122 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Juba in FebruarySouth Sudan · 131 kmHigh 37.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Gulu in FebruaryUganda · 232 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Bunia in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 286 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Masindi in FebruaryUganda · 293 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Hoima in FebruaryUganda · 305 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Lira in FebruaryUganda · 321 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Bakwa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 30 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 Yei) is explained once on the Yei year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.