Torit weather in May

In May, Torit sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 140 mm of rain across 20.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May, and the air most often feels muggy.

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

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
9th coldest
Rainfall
140 mm
20.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:40 AM – 6:52 PM
Cloud cover
64%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.76 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
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 May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical May day in Torit reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 2°C cooler than April and about 1°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Torit

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

Torit weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-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 May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
23070
33070
43070
53169
63268
73367
83565
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134159
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Torit gets around 140 mm of rain over 20.5 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 66% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
166
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570
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1964
2063
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2860
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the muggy band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
186626
276528
366529
466430
556332
656233
746234
846135
946036
1036136
1136136
1246036
1346036
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1856332
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2256728
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Wind in May

Winds average 5 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 4 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 May

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:426:51
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.76 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 — May's 5.76 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Torit

In seasonPeak

In May, 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 May a good time to visit Torit?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

May is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Torit.

What to pack for Torit in May

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

In May, Torit sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°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 May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 12 (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 May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May 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
May 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).