Pajok weather in August

In August, Pajok sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 204 mm of rain across 26.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Pajok's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pajok's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 204 mm; 26.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:50 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 5th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Pajok 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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Pajok reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	19
2	28	19
3	28	19
4	28	19
5	28	19
6	28	19
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27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

How August really feels in Pajok

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Pajok weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 21°	20	3.7	11.8	4.0
Feb	34° / 22°	23	4.9	11.9	3.3
Mar	33° / 22°	100	13.3	12	3.1
Apr	31° / 21°	219	22.6	12.1	3.2
May	29° / 20°	214	23.8	12.2	3.7
Jun	29° / 20°	153	21.3	12.2	4.2
Jul	28° / 19°	149	22.6	12.2	4.3
Aug	28° / 19°	204	26.2	12.1	3.9
Sep	29° / 19°	217	23.6	12	3.8
Oct	29° / 20°	281	25.4	11.9	3.6
Nov	30° / 19°	173	19.3	11.8	4.0
Dec	31° / 20°	51	7.8	11.8	4.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 30% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

	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 (%)	42	42	43	43	44	45	45	46	46	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	44	44	44	43	45	45
Cloudier (%)	58	58	57	57	56	55	55	54	54	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	56	56	56	57	55	55

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
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17	49	51
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20	48	52
21	47	53
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23	47	53
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	45	55
31	45	55

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pajok gets around 204 mm of rain over 26.2 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 84% and peaks near 87% 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 (%)	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	84	84	83	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	83
8	84
9	84
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	86
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% 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
Humid (%)	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8
Muggy (%)	82	83	83	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	16	84
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 6:51 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 6:52 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)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48
Sunset (PM)	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:51	7:01
2	12.2	6:51	7:01
3	12.2	6:51	7:01
4	12.2	6:51	7:01
5	12.2	6:51	7:01
6	12.2	6:51	7:00
7	12.2	6:51	7:00
8	12.2	6:51	7:00
9	12.1	6:51	7:00
10	12.1	6:51	7:00
11	12.1	6:51	6:59
12	12.1	6:51	6:59
13	12.1	6:51	6:59
14	12.1	6:51	6:59
15	12.1	6:50	6:58
16	12.1	6:50	6:58
17	12.1	6:50	6:58
18	12.1	6:50	6:57
19	12.1	6:50	6:57
20	12.1	6:50	6:57
21	12.1	6:50	6:56
22	12.1	6:50	6:56
23	12.1	6:49	6:56
24	12.1	6:49	6:55
25	12.1	6:49	6:55
26	12.1	6:49	6:55
27	12.1	6:49	6:54
28	12.1	6:48	6:54
29	12.1	6:48	6:53
30	12.1	6:48	6:53
31	12.1	6:48	6:52

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.44 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)	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
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28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Pajok?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pajok.

What to pack for Pajok in August

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

In August, Pajok sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

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UV index in Pajok in August

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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 Pajok peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 10 (extreme).

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	14	15	14	12	11	11	13	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Pajok 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 Pajok is worst in January — around 137 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.7× the cleanest month (April, 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)	137	65	22	11	12	20	20	15	13	13	26	113
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	137	Unhealthy
Feb	65	Unhealthy
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	12	Good
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	20	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	26	Moderate
Dec	113	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Pajok?

Pajok sits at 3.9°N, 32.5°E, 823 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Torit, 62 km away.

Topography around Pajok

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pajok has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 834 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 594 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,635 m.

The land around Pajok is covered by grassland (54%) and shrubs (41%) within 3 km, shrubs (50%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (53%), shrubs (22%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

83 m

grassland 54%

16 km

594 m

shrubs 50%

80 km

2,635 m

grassland 53%

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

August weather nearby: Torit 62 km · Kitgum 79 km · Moyo 87 km · Adjumani 94 km · Gulu 123 km · Opit 139 km · Yumbe 144 km · Juba 148 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 Pajok (3.8651°, 32.4821°, elevation 823 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	28	19
2	28	19
3	28	19
4	28	19
5	28	19
6	28	19
7	28	19
8	28	19
9	28	19
10	28	19
11	28	19
12	28	19
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22	28	19
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24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	83
8	84
9	84
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	85
28	84
29	84
30	83
31	83

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	16	84
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	83
8	84
9	84
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	85
28	84
29	84
30	83
31	83

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	16	84
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	42	58
2	42	58
3	43	57
4	43	57
5	44	56
6	45	55
7	45	55
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	48	52
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	48	52
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	48	52
20	48	52
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	47	53
24	46	54
25	46	54
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	43	57
30	45	55
31	45	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	83
8	84
9	84
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	87
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	85
25	85
26	85
27	85
28	84
29	84
30	83
31	83

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	16	84
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	8	92