Juba weather by month & the best time to visit

🇸🇸 South Sudan · city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Juba is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 74/100), with July and September close behind. Juba averages about 2,777 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 116 mm of rain in June.

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Sun hours / year

2,777

Sunniest month

June

Peak score

74/100

Rain / year

937 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

450k

Elevation

460 m

When is the best time to visit Juba?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Juba is June, then July and September. The dullest month is February (28/100, 9 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Juba?

Juba gets a lot of sun: around 2,777 hours a year. 46 Sunshine Score points separate June (74) from February (28), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #3 of 3 destinations in South Sudan for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,806 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 43% of the annual 937 mm.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Entebbe Uganda · 545 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
• Kigali Rwanda · 778 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 908 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 916 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Arusha Tanzania · 1,105 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
• Khartoum Sudan · 1,196 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Arua Uganda · 217 km · 2,596 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Gulu Uganda · 242 km · 2,970 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Bunia Congo - Kinshasa · 398 km · 2,423 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Soroti Uganda · 415 km · 3,212 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Gambela Ethiopia · 488 km · 2,481 h sun/yr · best in Nov