Winejok weather in August

In August, Winejok sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 185 mm of rain across 24.2 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 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Winejok's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Winejok's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
185 mm
24.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
7:05 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover
71%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Winejok is city in Aweil East State, South Sudan.

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 Winejok reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Winejok

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Winejok 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 22°00.111.53.0
Feb37° / 23°10.211.71.7
Mar39° / 26°102.311.90.6
Apr39° / 27°317.712.20.7
May36° / 26°8216.412.41.6
Jun33° / 24°11518.812.52.6
Jul31° / 23°17022.412.53.3
Aug30° / 23°18524.212.33.4
Sep31° / 23°12820.612.13.3
Oct33° / 23°8416.311.83.2
Nov35° / 23°61.811.62.8
Dec35° / 22°10.111.53.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23070
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Winejok gets around 185 mm of rain over 24.2 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 78% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

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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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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 24 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:04 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 7:28 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.25 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.25 kWh/m² to a high of 6.84 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.25 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Winejok

In seasonPeak

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

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

Winejok sees seasonal dust haze (March), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
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Feb
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Apr
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Winejok?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Winejok.

What to pack for Winejok in August

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

In August, Winejok sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Winejok 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 Winejok peaks around March 16 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 16UV 13Dec 11UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Winejok 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 Winejok is worst in March — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateMar 1648 µg/m³Aug 1813 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb34Moderate
Mar50Poor
Apr33Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec23Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Winejok?

Winejok sits at 9.0°N, 27.6°E, 419 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Aweil, 34 km away.

GogrialKuacjokAbyeiWauAl MijladTonjBabanūsah

Topography around Winejok

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Winejok has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6 m around an average of 419 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m.

The land around Winejok is covered by grassland (91%) within 3 km, grassland (63%) within 16 km, and grassland (57%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
6 m
16 km
14 m
80 km
126 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
August weather nearby: Aweil 34 km · Gogrial 79 km · Kuacjok 91 km · Abyei 115 km · Wau 153 km · Al Mijlad 225 km · Tonj 228 km · Babanūsah 259 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 Winejok (9.0122°, 27.5708°, elevation 419 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).