Leer weather in August

In August, Leer sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 195 mm of rain across 25.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Leer's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Leer's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 195 mm; 25.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:55 AM – 7:12 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Leer is human settlement in South Sudan.

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

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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 Leer reaches about 30°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How August really feels in Leer

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Leer weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	36° / 23°	0	0.1	11.6	2.8
Feb	38° / 25°	1	0.4	11.7	1.5
Mar	39° / 27°	12	2.4	11.9	0.9
Apr	37° / 27°	46	9.3	12.2	1.4
May	34° / 26°	100	17.8	12.4	2.3
Jun	32° / 24°	134	20.9	12.5	2.9
Jul	31° / 23°	187	25.1	12.4	3.1
Aug	30° / 23°	195	25.5	12.3	3.1
Sep	31° / 23°	147	23	12	3.1
Oct	32° / 23°	121	20.4	11.8	3.1
Nov	34° / 23°	25	5	11.6	3.6
Dec	35° / 23°	1	0.3	11.5	3.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	28	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	35	35	36
Cloudier (%)	72	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	65	65	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Leer gets around 195 mm of rain over 25.5 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 83% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	84	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	84
2	84
3	84
4	83
5	83
6	82
7	82
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	81
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	83
23	83
24	84
25	84
26	84
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	85
31	85

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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Oppressive (%)	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
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31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:54 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 7:17 PM to 7:05 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54
Sunset (PM)	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:54	7:17
2	12.4	6:55	7:16
3	12.4	6:55	7:16
4	12.4	6:55	7:16
5	12.3	6:55	7:16
6	12.3	6:55	7:15
7	12.3	6:55	7:15
8	12.3	6:55	7:15
9	12.3	6:55	7:14
10	12.3	6:55	7:14
11	12.3	6:55	7:14
12	12.3	6:55	7:13
13	12.3	6:55	7:13
14	12.3	6:55	7:13
15	12.3	6:55	7:12
16	12.3	6:55	7:12
17	12.3	6:55	7:11
18	12.3	6:55	7:11
19	12.3	6:55	7:11
20	12.2	6:55	7:10
21	12.2	6:55	7:10
22	12.2	6:55	7:09
23	12.2	6:55	7:09
24	12.2	6:55	7:08
25	12.2	6:55	7:08
26	12.2	6:55	7:07
27	12.2	6:55	7:07
28	12.2	6:55	7:06
29	12.2	6:55	7:06
30	12.2	6:55	7:05
31	12.2	6:54	7:05

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.48 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
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17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Leer

In seasonPeak

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

Leer's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Leer?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Leer.

What to pack for Leer in August

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

In August, Leer sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Leer 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 Leer peaks around August 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 12 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	10	13	13	11	11	12	13	12	12	9	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	10	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Leer 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 Leer is worst in March — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	42	51	60	37	18	17	16	12	13	14	34	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	42	Poor
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	60	Unhealthy
Apr	37	Poor
May	18	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	34	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Leer?

Leer sits at 8.3°N, 30.1°E, 397 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Rumbek, 174 km away.

Topography around Leer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Leer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6 m around an average of 396 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m.

The land around Leer is covered by grassland (93%) within 3 km, grassland (86%) within 16 km, and wetland (61%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

6 m

grassland 93%

16 km

11 m

grassland 86%

80 km

19 m

wetland 61%

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← July Leer year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Rumbek 174 km · Tonj 198 km · Malakal 216 km · Gogrial 226 km · Abyei 236 km · Kuacjok 238 km · Wau 246 km · Bor 281 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

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 Leer (8.3031°, 30.1406°, elevation 397 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	84
2	84
3	84
4	83
5	83
6	82
7	82
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	81
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	83
23	83
24	84
25	84
26	84
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	85
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	84
2	84
3	84
4	83
5	83
6	82
7	82
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	81
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	83
23	83
24	84
25	84
26	84
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	85
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	30	70
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	34	66
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	84
2	84
3	84
4	83
5	83
6	82
7	82
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	81
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	81
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	83
23	83
24	84
25	84
26	84
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	85
31	85

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	99
2	1	99
3	1	99
4	1	99
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	1	99
24	1	99
25	1	99
26	1	99
27	1	99
28	1	99
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99