Yambio weather in August

In August, Yambio sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 189 mm of rain across 26 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-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 5% 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 Yambio's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yambio's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
189 mm
26 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
7:06 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover
75%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Yambio is human settlement in South Sudan.

Founded
1800

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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Yambio reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Yambio

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.

Yambio weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 22°132.411.83.6
Feb34° / 23°244.811.93.0
Mar33° / 23°10015123.0
Apr30° / 22°18822.512.13.2
May29° / 22°18324.712.23.5
Jun28° / 21°15124.212.33.9
Jul28° / 20°16325.312.24.1
Aug28° / 20°1892612.13.8
Sep29° / 21°19026.1123.5
Oct29° / 21°23627.911.93.3
Nov30° / 21°11917.111.84.1
Dec32° / 21°213.811.74.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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

Any precipitation

Yambio gets around 189 mm of rain over 26 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 86% 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 92% 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 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 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 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 7:06 AM to 7:04 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:09 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 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.1 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Yambio?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Yambio.

What to pack for Yambio in August

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

In August, Yambio sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yambio 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 Yambio peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 22UV 13Dec 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Yambio 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 Yambio is worst in January — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 11.5× the cleanest month (October, 8 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateGoodModerateJan 1787 µg/m³Oct 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan88Unhealthy
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar37Poor
Apr14Moderate
May10Good
Jun15Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov17Moderate
Dec71Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Yambio?

Yambio sits at 4.6°N, 28.4°E, 655 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Bakwa, 121 km away.

BakwaWatsaYeiRumbekTonjKoboko

Topography around Yambio

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yambio has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 652 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m.

The land around Yambio is covered by trees (36%), shrubs (24%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and shrubs (44%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
131 m
80 km
361 m
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August weather nearby: Bakwa 121 km · Watsa 212 km · Isiro 218 km · Yei 259 km · Wamba 273 km · Rumbek 286 km · Tonj 302 km · Koboko 312 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 Yambio (4.5708°, 28.3942°, elevation 655 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).