Juba climate

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Juba is warmest in February, with average highs of 37 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 21 °C. October is the wettest month (171 mm) and January the driest (3.5 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Juba averages 973 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

South Sudan · population 450,000 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 37 °C
Coldest month August 21 °C
Driest month January 3 mm
Wettest month October 171 mm
Least cloud January 46 % cloud
Hottest on record February 43 °C
Coldest on record January 18 °C

What to expectJuba through the year

Juba has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in August to 37 °C in February, a swing of 6.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 275 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. October averages 171 mm against 3 mm in January — 49 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	36.0 °C	3 mm	46 %
February	37.5 °C	6 mm	50 %
March	36.7 °C	29 mm	61 %
April	34.2 °C	95 mm	73 %
May	32.0 °C	116 mm	69 %
June	30.6 °C	106 mm	64 %
July	29.8 °C	125 mm	63 %
August	29.7 °C	134 mm	62 %
September	30.4 °C	107 mm	60 %
October	30.6 °C	171 mm	71 %
November	32.0 °C	71 mm	61 %
December	34.4 °C	9 mm	46 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	36.0 °C	23.7 °C	29.9 °C	41.0 °C	18.1 °C	31	31
February	37.5 °C	25.0 °C	31.3 °C	42.6 °C	19.4 °C	28	28
March	36.7 °C	25.5 °C	30.9 °C	42.2 °C	20.8 °C	31	31
April	34.2 °C	24.4 °C	28.9 °C	41.3 °C	20.3 °C	30	28
May	32.0 °C	23.3 °C	27.3 °C	39.8 °C	20.7 °C	31	26
June	30.6 °C	22.3 °C	26.1 °C	37.3 °C	19.7 °C	30	19
July	29.8 °C	21.6 °C	25.3 °C	35.1 °C	19.0 °C	31	13
August	29.7 °C	21.4 °C	25.1 °C	36.1 °C	19.4 °C	31	11
September	30.4 °C	21.7 °C	25.8 °C	37.6 °C	19.7 °C	30	16
October	30.6 °C	21.9 °C	25.9 °C	36.9 °C	19.4 °C	31	18
November	32.0 °C	22.3 °C	26.9 °C	39.2 °C	19.4 °C	30	24
December	34.4 °C	22.9 °C	28.7 °C	39.2 °C	18.7 °C	31	30

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	3 mm	1	12 h/day	46 %	33 %	12 km/h
February	6 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	30 %	13 km/h
March	29 mm	6	12 h/day	61 %	44 %	13 km/h
April	95 mm	15	12 h/day	73 %	60 %	13 km/h
May	116 mm	17	12 h/day	69 %	71 %	11 km/h
June	106 mm	17	12 h/day	64 %	75 %	9.1 km/h
July	125 mm	18	12 h/day	63 %	77 %	9.0 km/h
August	134 mm	20	12 h/day	62 %	79 %	9.1 km/h
September	107 mm	17	12 h/day	60 %	77 %	9.2 km/h
October	171 mm	20	12 h/day	71 %	76 %	9.2 km/h
November	71 mm	11	12 h/day	61 %	67 %	10 km/h
December	9 mm	2	12 h/day	46 %	46 %	12 km/h

How Juba compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Juba	37 °C	21 °C	973 mm	365
Yei · South Sudan	34 °C	19 °C	1,425 mm	359
Gulu · Uganda	33 °C	18 °C	1,471 mm	349
Bunia · Democratic Republic of the Congo	28 °C	17 °C	1,094 mm	284
Isiro · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	19 °C	1,679 mm	335

Where Juba ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in January	1stof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	1stof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	3rdof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	3rdof 50	37 °C
The warmest places in Africa in December	12thof 50	34 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	13thof 50	34 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Juba.

QuestionsCommon questions about Juba’s climate

When is the best time to visit Juba?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Juba get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 37 °C. About 275 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 43 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Juba?

October, averaging 171 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is January with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 973 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Juba rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.