Bor weather in October

In October, Bor sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 135 mm of rain across 18.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Bor's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
8th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
135 mm
18.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:43 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
70%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Bor is city in South Sudan.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical October day in Bor reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and about 2°C cooler than November.

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How October really feels in Bor

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bor weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 25°30.611.72.3
Feb38° / 26°41.311.81.4
Mar38° / 27°234.6121.3
Apr35° / 26°6511.912.12.1
May33° / 25°12617.912.33.0
Jun31° / 24°12218.512.43.6
Jul30° / 23°14121.512.33.7
Aug30° / 23°14021.512.23.7
Sep31° / 23°12117123.9
Oct31° / 23°13518.911.93.5
Nov33° / 24°449.511.73.6
Dec35° / 24°71.511.63.1

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in October, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24060
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43862
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Bor gets around 135 mm of rain over 18.9 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 60% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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211188
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3011683
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Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of October to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:44 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:446:41
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511.96:446:39
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.46 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Bor

In seasonPeak

In October, Bor sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bor's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Bor?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bor.

What to pack for Bor in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Bor sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bor in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bor peaks around March 15 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 15UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bor in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bor is worst in December — around 82 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.3× the cleanest month (May, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyDec 2482 µg/m³May 1410 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan81Unhealthy
Feb50Poor
Mar23Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May10Good
Jun16Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov24Moderate
Dec82Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bor?

Bor sits at 6.2°N, 31.6°E, 429 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Juba, 151 km away.

JubaRumbekToritYeiPajokLeerMoyoYumbe

Topography around Bor

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bor.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bor has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8 m around an average of 424 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 18 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 283 m.

The land around Bor is covered by wetland (56%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, wetland (57%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and wetland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
8 m
16 km
18 m
80 km
283 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswetland
October weather nearby: Juba 151 km · Rumbek 218 km · Torit 229 km · Yei 255 km · Pajok 280 km · Leer 281 km · Moyo 284 km · Yumbe 307 km

South Sudan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Prices
≈ 6% of US
price level, 2021
GDP per capita
$1,080
2015
Happiness
2.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2019
Homicide rate
14
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
36.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Christian 61%folk religion 33%Muslim 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bor (6.2089°, 31.5586°, elevation 429 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).