Torit weather in August

In August, Torit sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 137 mm of rain across 20.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-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 32% 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 Torit's 5th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Torit's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
137 mm
20.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:49 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
55%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Torit is city in South Sudan.

Founded
2013

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 Torit reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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.

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How August really feels in Torit

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Torit weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 23°61.611.83.1
Feb36° / 24°72.211.92.2
Mar36° / 25°347.7122.0
Apr34° / 24°10115.312.12.5
May32° / 23°14020.512.23.0
Jun31° / 22°1121912.33.7
Jul30° / 22°12420.812.23.9
Aug30° / 21°13720.912.14.0
Sep30° / 22°12718.3123.9
Oct31° / 22°19220.111.93.5
Nov32° / 22°8611.511.83.8
Dec34° / 22°133.411.73.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% 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 44%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Torit gets around 137 mm of rain over 20.9 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 71% on the wettest days.

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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 88% 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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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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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 6:50 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:507:02
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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 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Torit

In seasonPeak

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

Torit'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 Torit?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Torit for sightseeing.

What to pack for Torit in August

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Torit 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 Torit peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 18UV 15Dec 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Torit 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 Torit is worst in January — around 133 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 14.4× the cleanest month (May, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyJan 14128 µg/m³May 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan133Unhealthy
Feb70Unhealthy
Mar22Moderate
Apr11Good
May9Good
Jun17Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov32Moderate
Dec104Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Torit?

Torit sits at 4.4°N, 32.6°E, 617 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Pajok, 62 km away.

JubaMoyoKitgumAdjumaniYumbe

Topography around Torit

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Torit has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 607 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 585 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,706 m.

The land around Torit is covered by grassland (72%) within 3 km, grassland (81%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%), trees (23%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
585 m
80 km
2,706 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Pajok 62 km · Juba 120 km · Moyo 126 km · Kitgum 131 km · Adjumani 144 km · Yumbe 181 km · Gulu 185 km · Opit 201 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 Torit (4.4118°, 32.5705°, elevation 617 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).