Wau weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇸 South Sudan · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Wau is November — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 75/100), with October and June close behind. Wau averages about 2,962 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 34°C / 93°F and roughly 16 mm of rain in November.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,962
- Sunniest month
- November
- Peak score
- 75/100
- Rain / year
- 1,031 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Population
- 127k
- Elevation
- 467 m
When is the best time to visit Wau?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Wau is November, then October and June. The dullest month is March (19/100, 18 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Wau?
Wau gets a lot of sun: around 2,962 hours a year. 56 Sunshine Score points separate November (75) from March (19), so the month you pick matters. Wau is the sunniest of the 3 destinations tracked in South Sudan. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around August, carries about 51% of the annual 1,031 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48 | 37° / 99°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| February | 29 | 39° / 102°F | 22° / 72°F | 2 mm | 10 |
| March | 19 | 40° / 104°F | 24° / 75°F | 18 mm | 11 |
| April | 34 | 38° / 100°F | 24° / 75°F | 59 mm | 11 |
| May | 57 | 34° / 93°F | 23° / 73°F | 135 mm | 10 |
| June | 70 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 145 mm | 9 |
| July | 69 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 162 mm | 9 |
| August | 69 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 191 mm | 10 |
| September | 69 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 168 mm | 11 |
| October | 74 | 32° / 90°F | 22° / 72°F | 125 mm | 11 |
| November | 75 | 34° / 93°F | 21° / 70°F | 16 mm | 10 |
| December | 57 | 36° / 97°F | 19° / 66°F | 9 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Entebbe Uganda · 988 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
- Khartoum Sudan · 1,006 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
- Kigali Rwanda · 1,104 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
- Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 1,199 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Nairobi Kenya · 1,413 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
- N'Djamena Chad · 1,499 km · best in Sep · 3,347 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Malakal South Sudan · 453 km · 2,806 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Juba South Sudan · 511 km · 2,777 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Isiro Congo - Kinshasa · 546 km · 2,319 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Nyala Sudan · 584 km · 3,579 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Arua Uganda · 613 km · 2,596 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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