Winejok climate

Name: Winejok
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Winejok is warmest in March, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. August is the wettest month (182 mm) and January the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Winejok averages 786 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

South Sudan · population 300,000 · 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 March 39 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month January 0 mm
Wettest month August 182 mm
Least cloud December 31 % cloud
Hottest on record February 44 °C
Coldest on record January 14 °C

What to expectWinejok through the year

Winejok has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 36 °C in January to 39 °C in March, a swing of 6.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 307 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 182 mm against 0 mm in January — 1,117 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	35.6 °C	under 1 mm	37 %
February	37.7 °C	under 1 mm	39 %
March	39.2 °C	10 mm	46 %
April	38.6 °C	30 mm	58 %
May	36.0 °C	78 mm	64 %
June	33.1 °C	108 mm	66 %
July	30.6 °C	163 mm	73 %
August	29.6 °C	182 mm	77 %
September	30.6 °C	127 mm	70 %
October	32.3 °C	80 mm	62 %
November	35.4 °C	5 mm	38 %
December	35.5 °C	1 mm	31 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	35.6 °C	21.5 °C	28.3 °C	42.4 °C	13.6 °C	31	30
February	37.7 °C	23.1 °C	30.2 °C	44.2 °C	15.1 °C	28	28
March	39.2 °C	25.2 °C	32.1 °C	43.1 °C	17.1 °C	31	31
April	38.6 °C	26.5 °C	32.2 °C	43.0 °C	18.9 °C	30	30
May	36.0 °C	25.7 °C	30.2 °C	41.7 °C	22.2 °C	31	31
June	33.1 °C	23.9 °C	28.0 °C	39.6 °C	20.7 °C	30	28
July	30.6 °C	22.7 °C	26.2 °C	36.7 °C	20.4 °C	31	17
August	29.6 °C	22.2 °C	25.5 °C	35.7 °C	20.1 °C	31	10
September	30.6 °C	22.4 °C	26.1 °C	38.3 °C	19.6 °C	30	18
October	32.3 °C	22.8 °C	27.1 °C	38.9 °C	17.8 °C	31	25
November	35.4 °C	22.9 °C	29.0 °C	40.5 °C	16.7 °C	30	30
December	35.5 °C	22.2 °C	28.6 °C	40.1 °C	15.3 °C	31	31

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	37 %	17 %	17 km/h
February	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	39 %	14 %	17 km/h
March	10 mm	2	12 h/day	46 %	20 %	17 km/h
April	30 mm	7	12 h/day	58 %	39 %	16 km/h
May	78 mm	15	13 h/day	64 %	58 %	15 km/h
June	108 mm	17	13 h/day	66 %	69 %	14 km/h
July	163 mm	22	13 h/day	73 %	78 %	13 km/h
August	182 mm	24	12 h/day	77 %	83 %	12 km/h
September	127 mm	20	12 h/day	70 %	81 %	11 km/h
October	80 mm	15	12 h/day	62 %	72 %	11 km/h
November	5 mm	1	12 h/day	38 %	39 %	14 km/h
December	1 mm	0	12 h/day	31 %	20 %	16 km/h

How Winejok 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
Winejok	39 °C	22 °C	786 mm	365
El Daein · Sudan	39 °C	17 °C	383 mm	364
Nyala · Sudan	38 °C	16 °C	355 mm	361
Malakal · South Sudan	39 °C	22 °C	781 mm	365

Where Winejok ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in December	1stof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in Africa in February	1stof 50	38 °C
The warmest places in the world in December	1stof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in February	1stof 50	38 °C
The warmest places in Africa in January	2ndof 50	36 °C
The warmest places in the world in January	2ndof 50	36 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Winejok’s climate

When is the best time to visit Winejok?

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, March is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Winejok get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 307 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Winejok?

August, averaging 182 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is January with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 786 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 Winejok 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.