When to go · South Sudan
When to go to Malakal
Twelve months of averages for Malakal, and what they say about when to go.
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): October to June.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): August.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July to September.
- The warmest month is March (40°C) and the coolest August (30°C). The wettest is August (171 mm) and the driest January (0 mm); about 764 mm of rain falls in a year.
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
- AugWet
- SeptMild–warm, mixed
- OctHot
- NovHot
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Malakal
The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°C | 20°C | 0 mm | 27% | 32% | 5.8 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 38°C | 23°C | 0 mm | 24% | 40% | 6.1 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 40°C | 25°C | 2 mm | 23% | 55% | 6.5 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 40°C | 26°C | 23 mm | 35% | 62% | 6.4 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 36°C | 25°C | 80 mm | 54% | 72% | 5.6 | 35°C | Hot |
| June | 33°C | 24°C | 103 mm | 66% | 75% | 4.9 | 37°C | Hot |
| July | 31°C | 23°C | 140 mm | 73% | 79% | 4.7 | 39°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| August | 30°C | 23°C | 171 mm | 77% | 81% | 4.9 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 31°C | 23°C | 144 mm | 75% | 74% | 5.3 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| October | 33°C | 23°C | 94 mm | 68% | 65% | 5.6 | 34°C | Hot |
| November | 35°C | 22°C | 5 mm | 49% | 36% | 5.8 | 29°C | Hot |
| December | 35°C | 21°C | 2 mm | 35% | 30% | 5.7 | 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)