Yei weather in August

In August, Yei sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 199 mm of rain across 26.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 Yei's 8th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yei's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
11th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
199 mm
26.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:57 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
69%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Yei is City in 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Yei reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°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 Yei

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.

Yei weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 21°10211.84.5
Feb34° / 22°153.511.93.7
Mar33° / 22°6712.1123.4
Apr30° / 21°14619.712.13.5
May29° / 20°15521.612.24.0
Jun28° / 19°14321.812.24.4
Jul27° / 19°18324.612.24.3
Aug27° / 19°19926.912.14.0
Sep28° / 19°17824.4124.1
Oct28° / 19°22525.911.93.8
Nov29° / 20°1231611.84.6
Dec31° / 20°21411.85.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Yei gets around 199 mm of rain over 26.9 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 87% and peaks near 88% 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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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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 6:58 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 7:09 PM to 7:00 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 5.26 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 5.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Yei

In seasonPeak

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

Yei's rainy season runs April–November, 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 Yei?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Yei for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yei in August

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

In August, Yei sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yei in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August 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 Yei peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Dec 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Yei 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 Yei is worst in January — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.6× the cleanest month (October, 13 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorJan 1795 µg/m³Oct 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan101Unhealthy
Feb55Poor
Mar27Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec49Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Yei?

Yei sits at 4.1°N, 30.7°E, 836 m above sea level, in South Sudan. The nearest listed city is Koboko, 82 km away.

KobokoYumbeAruaMoyoJubaAruAdjumaniWatsa

Topography around Yei

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yei has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 824 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,060 m.

The land around Yei is covered by shrubs (46%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (51%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and shrubs (50%) and trees (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
156 m
80 km
1,060 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Koboko 82 km · Yumbe 94 km · Arua 122 km · Moyo 126 km · Juba 131 km · Aru 138 km · Adjumani 147 km · Watsa 173 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 Yei (4.0944°, 30.6764°, elevation 836 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).