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When to go to Juba

Twelve months of averages for Juba, and what they say about when to go.

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When to go

What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

Official travel advice warns against all travel to South Sudan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

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Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): September to June.
Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July to September.
The warmest month is February (39°C) and the coolest August (31°C). The wettest is August (144 mm) and the driest January (5 mm); about 937 mm of rain falls in a year.

Juba: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanHot
FebHot
MarHot
AprHot
MayHot
JunHot
JulMild–warm, mixed
AugMild–warm, mixed
SeptHot
OctHot
NovHot
DecHot

Month by month

Every month in Juba

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Juba by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	37°C	23°C	5 mm	34%	43%	6.1	23°C	Hot
February	39°C	25°C	9 mm	32%	57%	6.1	24°C	Hot
March	38°C	26°C	27 mm	40%	72%	5.8	27°C	Hot
April	36°C	25°C	58 mm	52%	78%	5.6	31°C	Hot
May	33°C	23°C	131 mm	65%	72%	5.6	35°C	Hot
June	32°C	23°C	116 mm	68%	71%	5.2	37°C	Hot
July	31°C	22°C	124 mm	70%	71%	5	39°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
August	31°C	22°C	144 mm	73%	70%	5.3	39°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
September	32°C	22°C	132 mm	70%	66%	5.7	37°C	Hot
October	33°C	22°C	111 mm	68%	72%	5.7	34°C	Hot
November	33°C	22°C	51 mm	62%	63%	5.6	29°C	Hot
December	36°C	22°C	29 mm	47%	45%	5.9	25°C	Hot

The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.

Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

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Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to South Sudan at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

37°C

23°C

5 mm

34%

43%

6.1

23°C

Hot

February

39°C

25°C

9 mm

32%

57%

6.1

24°C

Hot

March

38°C

26°C

27 mm

40%

72%

5.8

27°C

Hot

April

36°C

25°C

58 mm

52%

78%

5.6

31°C

Hot

May

33°C

23°C

131 mm

65%

72%

5.6

35°C

Hot

June

32°C

23°C

116 mm

68%

71%

5.2

37°C

Hot

July

31°C

22°C

124 mm

70%

71%

39°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

August

31°C

22°C

144 mm

73%

70%

5.3

39°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

September

32°C

22°C

132 mm

70%

66%

5.7

37°C

Hot

October

33°C

22°C

111 mm

68%

72%

5.7

34°C

Hot

November

33°C

22°C

51 mm

62%

63%

5.6

29°C

Hot

December

36°C

22°C

29 mm

47%

45%

5.9

25°C

Hot