Climate
Juba has a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen Aw), and as it lies near the equator, temperatures are hot year-round. However, little rain falls from November to March, which is also the time of the year with the hottest maximum temperatures, reaching 38 °C (100 °F) in February. From April to October, upwards of 100 millimetres (3.9 in) rain falls per month. The annual total precipitation is 1,000 millimetres (39 in).
| Climate data for Juba (1971–2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 42 (108) |
43 (109) |
42 (108) |
42 (108) |
44 (111) |
38 (100) |
37 (99) |
36 (97) |
38 (100) |
39 (102) |
41 (106) |
41 (106) |
44 (111) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 36.8 (98.2) |
37.9 (100.2) |
37.7 (99.9) |
35.4 (95.7) |
33.5 (92.3) |
32.4 (90.3) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.6 (88.9) |
33.1 (91.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
34.7 (94.5) |
35.9 (96.6) |
34.5 (94.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 20.1 (68.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.4 (74.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.0 (69.8) |
21.1 (70.0) |
21.3 (70.3) |
20.9 (69.6) |
20.0 (68.0) |
21.6 (70.9) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 16 (61) |
16 (61) |
16 (61) |
18 (64) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
16 (61) |
14 (57) |
13 (55) |
15 (59) |
13 (55) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 6.7 (0.264) |
14.5 (0.571) |
39.9 (1.571) |
116.8 (4.598) |
133.3 (5.248) |
129.5 (5.098) |
148.7 (5.854) |
131.5 (5.177) |
107 (4.21) |
115.4 (4.543) |
47.7 (1.878) |
9 (0.35) |
1,000 (39.37) |
| Avg. rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 1.4 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 11.6 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 8.6 | 10.4 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 96.2 |
| Source #1: World Meteorological Organisation | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: World Weather and Climate Information for rainfall. | |||||||||||||
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