Malakal weather in June

In June, Malakal sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 102 mm of rain across 17.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in June, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Malakal's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malakal's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 102 mm; 17.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 6:37 AM – 7:10 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.0; out of 10

Malakal is city in South Sudan.

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 34°C in the first days to 32°C by the end.

A typical June day in Malakal reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 3°C cooler than May and about 2°C warmer than July.

	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
Avg high (°C)	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31
Avg low (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
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10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

How June really feels in Malakal

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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 June is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Malakal weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	35° / 23°	0	0.1	11.5	3.1
Feb	37° / 24°	0	0	11.7	1.7
Mar	39° / 26°	4	1	11.9	0.5
Apr	38° / 27°	27	6.7	12.2	0.9
May	36° / 26°	70	14.2	12.4	2.0
Jun	33° / 24°	102	17.2	12.5	3.0
Jul	30° / 23°	172	22.7	12.5	3.4
Aug	30° / 23°	194	24	12.3	3.4
Sep	31° / 23°	129	20.2	12.1	3.5
Oct	32° / 23°	101	16.6	11.8	3.4
Nov	34° / 23°	14	3	11.6	3.4
Dec	35° / 23°	0	0.1	11.5	3.2

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	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
Clearer (%)	46	46	46	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	44	44	44	43	43	43	44	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	45	45	45
Cloudier (%)	54	54	54	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	56	56	56	57	57	57	56	55	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	55	55	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Malakal gets around 102 mm of rain over 17.2 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 58% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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
Rain chance (%)	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	56	56	57	58	58	59	60	60	60	60	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	57
11	58
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	60
23	60
24	60
25	60
26	60
27	61
28	61
29	62
30	62

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the oppressive band about 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% 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
Humid (%)	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	42	42	41	40	39	38	38	37	36	35	34	33	33	32	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24
Oppressive (%)	53	54	55	56	57	59	59	60	61	63	64	65	65	66	68	69	69	70	70	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	75	76

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	42	53
2	4	42	54
3	4	41	55
4	4	40	56
5	4	39	57
6	3	38	59
7	3	38	59
8	3	37	60
9	3	36	61
10	2	35	63
11	2	34	64
12	2	33	65
13	2	33	65
14	2	32	66
15	1	31	68
16	1	30	69
17	1	30	69
18	1	29	70
19	1	29	70
20	0	28	72
21	0	28	72
22	0	27	73
23	0	27	73
24	0	27	73
25	0	26	74
26	0	26	74
27	0	25	75
28	0	25	75
29	0	25	75
30	0	24	76

Wind in June

Winds average 9 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
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28	8	calm
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30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of June to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:13 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
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:13	7:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:35	7:06
2	12.5	6:35	7:07
3	12.5	6:36	7:07
4	12.5	6:36	7:07
5	12.5	6:36	7:07
6	12.5	6:36	7:08
7	12.5	6:36	7:08
8	12.5	6:36	7:08
9	12.5	6:36	7:08
10	12.5	6:36	7:09
11	12.5	6:36	7:09
12	12.5	6:36	7:09
13	12.5	6:37	7:09
14	12.6	6:37	7:10
15	12.6	6:37	7:10
16	12.6	6:37	7:10
17	12.6	6:37	7:10
18	12.6	6:37	7:11
19	12.6	6:38	7:11
20	12.6	6:38	7:11
21	12.6	6:38	7:11
22	12.6	6:38	7:12
23	12.6	6:38	7:12
24	12.6	6:39	7:12
25	12.6	6:39	7:12
26	12.6	6:39	7:12
27	12.6	6:39	7:13
28	12.6	6:39	7:13
29	12.6	6:40	7:13
30	12.6	6:40	7:13

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.79 kWh/m² in March across the year — June's 5.17 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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
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22	5.1	Bright
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24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Malakal

In seasonPeak

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

Malakal's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Malakal?

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

3.0

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Malakal.

What to pack for Malakal in June

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

In June, Malakal sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Malakal in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Malakal peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 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)	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	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	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Malakal in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Malakal is worst in December — around 84 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.5× the cleanest month (August, 11 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)	38	37	41	26	15	17	16	11	12	14	81	84
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	38	Poor
Feb	37	Poor
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	26	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	12	Moderate
Oct	14	Moderate
Nov	81	Unhealthy
Dec	84	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Malakal?

Malakal sits at 9.5°N, 31.7°E, 400 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Leer, 216 km away.

Topography around Malakal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malakal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 10 m around an average of 391 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m.

The land around Malakal is covered by grassland (61%) and wetland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (75%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) within 80 km.

3 km

10 m

grassland 61%

16 km

13 m

grassland 75%

80 km

36 m

grassland 63%

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← May Malakal year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Leer 216 km · Abu Jibeha 219 km · Kadugli 269 km · Āsosa 320 km · Bambesi 338 km · Gambēla 351 km · Abyei 354 km · Dilling 356 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 Malakal (9.5334°, 31.6605°, elevation 400 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	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	57
11	58
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	60
23	60
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27	61
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29	62
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	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	42	53
2	4	42	54
3	4	41	55
4	4	40	56
5	4	39	57
6	3	38	59
7	3	38	59
8	3	37	60
9	3	36	61
10	2	35	63
11	2	34	64
12	2	33	65
13	2	33	65
14	2	32	66
15	1	31	68
16	1	30	69
17	1	30	69
18	1	29	70
19	1	29	70
20	0	28	72
21	0	28	72
22	0	27	73
23	0	27	73
24	0	27	73
25	0	26	74
26	0	26	74
27	0	25	75
28	0	25	75
29	0	25	75
30	0	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	57
11	58
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	60
23	60
24	60
25	60
26	60
27	61
28	61
29	62
30	62

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	42	53
2	4	42	54
3	4	41	55
4	4	40	56
5	4	39	57
6	3	38	59
7	3	38	59
8	3	37	60
9	3	36	61
10	2	35	63
11	2	34	64
12	2	33	65
13	2	33	65
14	2	32	66
15	1	31	68
16	1	30	69
17	1	30	69
18	1	29	70
19	1	29	70
20	0	28	72
21	0	28	72
22	0	27	73
23	0	27	73
24	0	27	73
25	0	26	74
26	0	26	74
27	0	25	75
28	0	25	75
29	0	25	75
30	0	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	34	25
2	34	25
3	34	25
4	34	25
5	34	25
6	34	25
7	33	25
8	33	25
9	33	25
10	33	24
11	33	24
12	33	24
13	33	24
14	33	24
15	33	24
16	33	24
17	32	24
18	32	24
19	32	24
20	32	24
21	32	24
22	32	24
23	32	24
24	32	24
25	32	24
26	32	24
27	32	24
28	32	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	45	55
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	44	56
14	44	56
15	44	56
16	43	57
17	43	57
18	43	57
19	44	56
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	54
3	54
4	54
5	54
6	54
7	55
8	56
9	56
10	57
11	58
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	60
16	60
17	60
18	61
19	60
20	60
21	60
22	60
23	60
24	60
25	60
26	60
27	61
28	61
29	62
30	62

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	42	53
2	4	42	54
3	4	41	55
4	4	40	56
5	4	39	57
6	3	38	59
7	3	38	59
8	3	37	60
9	3	36	61
10	2	35	63
11	2	34	64
12	2	33	65
13	2	33	65
14	2	32	66
15	1	31	68
16	1	30	69
17	1	30	69
18	1	29	70
19	1	29	70
20	0	28	72
21	0	28	72
22	0	27	73
23	0	27	73
24	0	27	73
25	0	26	74
26	0	26	74
27	0	25	75
28	0	25	75
29	0	25	75
30	0	24	76