Juba weather in August

In August, Juba sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 135 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Juba's 5th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Juba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
135 mm
21 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:53 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
60%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Juba is capital of the Republic of South Sudan.

Density
8,654/km²
people per km²
Founded
1922

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Juba reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Juba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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 August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Juba weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 24°4111.82.5
Feb37° / 25°61.411.81.7
Mar37° / 26°307.3121.7
Apr35° / 25°9715.512.12.3
May32° / 24°12218.512.23.0
Jun31° / 23°11117.312.33.6
Jul30° / 22°1271912.33.9
Aug30° / 22°1352112.23.7
Sep31° / 22°11317.9123.7
Oct31° / 22°17220.811.93.4
Nov32° / 23°7211.511.83.7
Dec34° / 23°92.211.73.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Juba gets around 135 mm of rain over 21 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 68% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
104357
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304159
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.56 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Juba

In seasonPeak

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

Juba'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 August a good time to visit Juba?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Juba.

What to pack for Juba in August

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

In August, Juba sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Juba in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Juba peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 17UV 15Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Juba in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Juba is worst in December — around 90 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.2× the cleanest month (May, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateModerateUnhealthyDec 2490 µg/m³May 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan88Unhealthy
Feb32Moderate
Mar17Moderate
Apr11Good
May10Good
Jun17Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov22Moderate
Dec90Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Juba?

Juba sits at 4.9°N, 31.6°E, 518 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Torit, 120 km away.

ToritYeiMoyoPajokBorYumbeAdjumaniKoboko

Topography around Juba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Juba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 488 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 289 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 958 m.

The land around Juba is covered by artificial surfaces (86%) within 3 km, grassland (71%) within 16 km, and grassland (74%) within 80 km.

3 km
109 m
16 km
289 m
80 km
958 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Torit 120 km · Yei 131 km · Moyo 133 km · Pajok 148 km · Bor 151 km · Yumbe 159 km · Adjumani 166 km · Koboko 174 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 Juba (4.8517°, 31.5825°, elevation 518 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).