Wau weather in August

In August, Wau sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 192 mm of rain across 24.8 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 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Wau's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wau's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 192 mm; 24.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 7:04 AM – 7:20 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Wau is city in northwestern 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 Wau reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How August really feels in Wau

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.

Wau 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	35° / 23°	0	0.2	11.6	3.0
Feb	37° / 24°	3	0.7	11.7	1.8
Mar	38° / 26°	20	4.2	11.9	1.3
Apr	36° / 26°	58	12.7	12.2	1.7
May	34° / 25°	118	19.5	12.3	2.4
Jun	32° / 23°	127	20.5	12.4	3.0
Jul	30° / 23°	166	23.5	12.4	3.3
Aug	30° / 22°	192	24.8	12.3	3.3
Sep	31° / 22°	155	23.2	12	3.1
Oct	32° / 23°	125	20.2	11.8	3.1
Nov	34° / 23°	17	3.9	11.6	3.6
Dec	35° / 23°	1	0.2	11.6	3.3

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 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

	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 (%)	29	29	28	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	29
Cloudier (%)	71	71	72	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	72	71

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Wau gets around 192 mm of rain over 24.8 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 80% and peaks near 81% 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 (%)	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	78
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	79
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	80

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 90% 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 (%)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Oppressive (%)	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	91	91	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 7:03 AM, and sunset from 7:24 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	31
Daylight (h)	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	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03
Sunset (PM)	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:24	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:14	7:13	7:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	7:04	7:24
2	12.3	7:04	7:24
3	12.3	7:04	7:24
4	12.3	7:04	7:24
5	12.3	7:04	7:23
6	12.3	7:04	7:23
7	12.3	7:04	7:23
8	12.3	7:04	7:23
9	12.3	7:04	7:22
10	12.3	7:04	7:22
11	12.3	7:04	7:22
12	12.3	7:05	7:21
13	12.3	7:05	7:21
14	12.3	7:05	7:21
15	12.3	7:05	7:20
16	12.3	7:04	7:20
17	12.2	7:04	7:19
18	12.2	7:04	7:19
19	12.2	7:04	7:19
20	12.2	7:04	7:18
21	12.2	7:04	7:18
22	12.2	7:04	7:17
23	12.2	7:04	7:17
24	12.2	7:04	7:16
25	12.2	7:04	7:16
26	12.2	7:04	7:15
27	12.2	7:04	7:15
28	12.2	7:04	7:14
29	12.2	7:04	7:14
30	12.2	7:04	7:13
31	12.2	7:03	7:13

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.31 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	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
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17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
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20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Wau

In seasonPeak

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

Wau'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 Wau?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Wau.

What to pack for Wau in August

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

In August, Wau sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Wau 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 Wau peaks around March 19 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	11	14	13	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	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	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 Wau 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 Wau is worst in November — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (August, 10 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)	23	30	37	22	11	14	14	10	10	15	59	52
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	30	Moderate
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	22	Moderate
May	11	Good
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	10	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	52	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Wau?

Wau sits at 7.7°N, 28.0°E, 440 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Kuacjok, 67 km away.

Topography around Wau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 447 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 198 m.

The land around Wau is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, grassland (70%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%) and shrubs (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

58 m

artificial surfaces 50%

16 km

112 m

grassland 70%

80 km

198 m

grassland 46%

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

August weather nearby: Kuacjok 67 km · Tonj 89 km · Gogrial 93 km · Aweil 135 km · Winejok 153 km · Rumbek 211 km · Abyei 216 km · Leer 246 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 Wau (7.7011°, 27.9897°, elevation 440 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	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	78
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	79
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	80

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	78
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	79
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	80

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	29	71
2	29	71
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	29	71
7	29	71
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	29	71
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	28	72
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	27	73
30	28	72
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	78
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	79
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	80
16	81
17	81
18	81
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	81
24	81
25	81
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	80

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	16	84
2	15	85
3	15	85
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	12	88
12	12	88
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	10	90
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	8	92
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95