Aweil climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Aweil?

Aweil has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 975 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aweil?

The hottest day measured in Aweil between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2024, reaching 43.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Aweil?

The coldest day measured in Aweil between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 12.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Aweil?

Almost never: Aweil sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Aweil warmed?

Yes: Aweil warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Aweil?

The wettest day measured in Aweil between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1943, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Aweil?

The windiest day measured in Aweil between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Aweil?

The warmest month in Aweil is April (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Aweil?

Aweil receives on average 975 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Aweil?

Aweil gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Aweil (South Sudan) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 975 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (31.2 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Aweil averages 0 frost days, 297 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 145 rainy days per year.

Aweil has warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.38 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.8 °C (on 13 March 2024) and the coldest 12.7 °C (on 6 February 1957).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

AweilNorthern Bahr al Ghazal

coords: 8.76°, 27.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.6°C

Average daily high

33.7°C

Average daily low

22.7°C

Annual rainfall

975mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

54%

Average peak wind

13.5km/h

Seasonal range

6.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

297 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

145 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.2 °C

Average feels-like low

23.5 °C

Average peak gust

29.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

325 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+3.2 °C

since 1940

+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.73 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

43.8 °C

13 March 2024

Coldest day

12.7 °C

6 February 1957

Wettest day

111 mm

19 June 1943

Windiest day

29.9 km/h

12 March 2020

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

12 March 2020

Hottest feels-like

46.1 °C

28 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

8.0 °C

6 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

18 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.6 °C27 March 2025	16.7 °C17 December 2025	28.6 °C	546 mm	326
2024	43.8 °C13 March 2024	19.0 °C21 January 2024	29.9 °C	632 mm	328
2023	41.8 °C8 April 2023	19.2 °C16 February 2023	30.1 °C	467 mm	362
2022	42.9 °C1 April 2022	18.7 °C28 December 2022	28.8 °C	740 mm	302
2021	42.6 °C12 March 2021	18.4 °C8 February 2021	29.3 °C	604 mm	322
2020	43.0 °C7 March 2020	16.0 °C24 January 2020	29.0 °C	629 mm	316
2019	43.3 °C23 March 2019	18.9 °C28 December 2019	29.2 °C	747 mm	328
2018	42.6 °C12 February 2018	18.1 °C3 January 2018	29.1 °C	675 mm	333
2017	43.2 °C3 April 2017	19.8 °C7 November 2017	29.5 °C	700 mm	342
2016	42.9 °C1 March 2016	16.4 °C29 January 2016	29.5 °C	656 mm	353
2015	42.7 °C19 February 2015	14.2 °C10 January 2015	29.3 °C	593 mm	351
2014	41.3 °C27 March 2014	18.0 °C16 March 2014	28.8 °C	766 mm	322
2013	42.8 °C27 February 2013	17.2 °C14 December 2013	29.3 °C	623 mm	330
2012	42.4 °C3 April 2012	18.7 °C24 January 2012	28.5 °C	738 mm	300
2011	41.9 °C24 April 2011	17.6 °C10 January 2011	28.5 °C	698 mm	324
2010	42.4 °C31 January 2010	20.4 °C21 December 2010	28.9 °C	923 mm	326
2009	43.3 °C7 March 2009	20.1 °C3 January 2009	29.3 °C	773 mm	347
2008	41.9 °C23 March 2008	18.1 °C1 February 2008	28.5 °C	798 mm	326
2007	41.9 °C4 April 2007	16.2 °C1 January 2007	28.3 °C	779 mm	313
2006	42.2 °C17 March 2006	15.3 °C30 December 2006	28.4 °C	934 mm	323
2005	43.7 °C26 February 2005	17.2 °C8 January 2005	28.6 °C	964 mm	323
2004	42.4 °C25 March 2004	17.3 °C7 February 2004	28.7 °C	808 mm	341
2003	42.9 °C2 April 2003	18.4 °C3 January 2003	28.8 °C	993 mm	319
2002	42.9 °C8 April 2002	15.7 °C14 January 2002	28.6 °C	760 mm	343
2001	41.3 °C7 May 2001	15.1 °C26 January 2001	28.2 °C	832 mm	334
2000	43.0 °C22 March 2000	15.8 °C30 January 2000	27.7 °C	889 mm	335
1999	41.5 °C7 February 1999	18.0 °C14 November 1999	27.8 °C	1,109 mm	317
1998	43.2 °C3 April 1998	15.0 °C15 January 1998	28.1 °C	1,050 mm	322
1997	41.9 °C22 March 1997	16.1 °C24 January 1997	27.2 °C	1,088 mm	330
1996	41.5 °C12 March 1996	16.8 °C28 March 1996	26.9 °C	1,254 mm	286
1995	41.5 °C10 April 1995	17.0 °C5 November 1995	27.4 °C	950 mm	297
1994	41.2 °C30 March 1994	16.7 °C6 December 1994	27.3 °C	1,105 mm	290
1993	41.9 °C4 March 1993	15.0 °C7 February 1993	27.4 °C	946 mm	309
1992	43.0 °C28 March 1992	14.1 °C4 January 1992	27.5 °C	972 mm	316
1991	42.0 °C28 March 1991	17.6 °C16 December 1991	27.9 °C	1,029 mm	311
1990	42.5 °C22 April 1990	18.4 °C20 January 1990	28.7 °C	839 mm	339
1989	40.2 °C3 March 1989	14.0 °C18 January 1989	27.3 °C	855 mm	304
1988	42.2 °C4 March 1988	17.7 °C29 December 1988	28.1 °C	951 mm	305
1987	42.9 °C22 March 1987	15.1 °C6 January 1987	28.0 °C	982 mm	330
1986	39.8 °C2 May 1986	16.6 °C6 December 1986	27.3 °C	909 mm	294
1985	42.3 °C14 March 1985	16.1 °C18 February 1985	26.5 °C	1,243 mm	241
1984	41.7 °C23 March 1984	16.4 °C17 January 1984	27.3 °C	959 mm	301
1983	42.2 °C19 April 1983	13.0 °C28 December 1983	27.7 °C	912 mm	317
1982	41.2 °C17 March 1982	15.3 °C10 November 1982	27.2 °C	930 mm	311
1981	41.1 °C15 April 1981	16.7 °C11 February 1981	27.3 °C	1,026 mm	309
1980	41.3 °C24 March 1980	17.2 °C18 December 1980	26.9 °C	1,228 mm	288
1979	43.4 °C23 March 1979	16.2 °C29 December 1979	27.0 °C	1,248 mm	336
1978	42.0 °C3 April 1978	14.5 °C18 January 1978	26.5 °C	1,172 mm	262
1977	41.5 °C2 April 1977	16.1 °C26 October 1977	26.6 °C	1,085 mm	280
1976	40.7 °C30 March 1976	15.1 °C1 January 1976	26.9 °C	1,129 mm	289
1975	40.1 °C26 March 1975	14.8 °C19 January 1975	26.5 °C	1,049 mm	246
1974	41.6 °C12 March 1974	15.3 °C28 December 1974	26.4 °C	1,242 mm	260
1973	41.9 °C28 March 1973	16.5 °C6 November 1973	27.1 °C	1,010 mm	302
1972	40.7 °C31 March 1972	15.7 °C7 November 1972	26.8 °C	1,215 mm	293
1971	41.6 °C22 March 1971	13.1 °C25 December 1971	26.6 °C	1,155 mm	237
1970	42.4 °C7 April 1970	15.2 °C16 December 1970	27.2 °C	1,104 mm	288
1969	41.9 °C8 April 1969	16.1 °C31 January 1969	27.7 °C	1,083 mm	306
1968	41.5 °C9 April 1968	15.1 °C17 January 1968	27.7 °C	860 mm	312
1967	40.9 °C13 April 1967	17.8 °C28 January 1967	27.7 °C	725 mm	327
1966	42.0 °C15 May 1966	16.4 °C26 December 1966	28.6 °C	746 mm	305
1965	40.4 °C28 May 1965	14.9 °C13 January 1965	27.7 °C	694 mm	279
1964	41.1 °C11 April 1964	16.9 °C9 February 1964	27.2 °C	1,026 mm	230
1963	40.7 °C24 March 1963	15.2 °C6 December 1963	27.0 °C	988 mm	268
1962	40.5 °C21 April 1962	13.4 °C4 January 1962	26.8 °C	1,099 mm	313
1961	41.2 °C14 May 1961	13.9 °C29 December 1961	26.6 °C	1,158 mm	276
1960	41.7 °C26 April 1960	17.0 °C13 November 1960	27.3 °C	1,074 mm	314
1959	41.9 °C12 April 1959	15.4 °C23 January 1959	27.2 °C	1,008 mm	311
1958	42.6 °C5 April 1958	15.8 °C16 February 1958	27.4 °C	1,024 mm	296
1957	39.7 °C6 May 1957	12.7 °C6 February 1957	26.6 °C	1,114 mm	296
1956	40.1 °C11 May 1956	14.2 °C19 January 1956	26.4 °C	1,070 mm	271
1955	39.7 °C17 March 1955	14.5 °C14 December 1955	25.8 °C	1,190 mm	255
1954	40.4 °C30 March 1954	13.6 °C16 January 1954	25.8 °C	1,110 mm	222
1953	40.4 °C14 March 1953	12.9 °C19 December 1953	25.8 °C	1,425 mm	250
1952	39.9 °C16 March 1952	16.3 °C1 January 1952	26.2 °C	1,474 mm	276
1951	40.0 °C26 April 1951	13.8 °C28 December 1951	25.9 °C	1,091 mm	280
1950	39.0 °C2 April 1950	14.8 °C1 January 1950	25.2 °C	1,650 mm	235
1949	41.9 °C24 March 1949	15.1 °C11 February 1949	25.8 °C	1,247 mm	255
1948	39.9 °C2 April 1948	14.8 °C24 December 1948	26.1 °C	1,259 mm	211
1947	39.5 °C14 April 1947	15.2 °C16 January 1947	26.2 °C	1,179 mm	230
1946	41.6 °C30 March 1946	14.2 °C12 December 1946	26.6 °C	1,198 mm	227
1945	39.8 °C28 April 1945	14.7 °C18 January 1945	26.3 °C	915 mm	254
1944	40.5 °C14 March 1944	15.3 °C5 December 1944	26.2 °C	1,001 mm	254
1943	41.2 °C14 March 1943	14.3 °C11 December 1943	26.1 °C	1,654 mm	192
1942	40.7 °C2 March 1942	15.9 °C6 January 1942	27.3 °C	957 mm	273
1941	41.8 °C15 April 1941	15.7 °C19 December 1941	27.4 °C	764 mm	303
1940	40.6 °C3 May 1940	14.8 °C17 November 1940	26.5 °C	1,068 mm	249

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.8 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

326 d/yr

+29

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

546 mm

-429 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	36.4 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Feb	39.1 °C	+2.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	39.1 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-14 mm
Apr	38.7 °C	+0.7 °C	3 mm	-38 mm
May	37.2 °C	+1.7 °C	22 mm	-67 mm
Jun	35.0 °C	+2.5 °C	16 mm	-119 mm
Jul	30.9 °C	+0.6 °C	144 mm	-46 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	-0.3 °C	183 mm	-20 mm
Sep	30.5 °C	+0.3 °C	127 mm	-37 mm
Oct	32.5 °C	+1.1 °C	50 mm	-63 mm
Nov	34.8 °C	+1.2 °C	2 mm	-17 mm
Dec	34.2 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-4 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.6 °C

27 Mar 2025

Coldest day

16.7 °C

17 Dec 2025

Wettest day

27.6 mm

19 Aug 2025

Windiest day

23.5 km/h

30 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

30 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

43.4 °C

3 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.5 °C

31 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

18 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Aweil?

Aweil has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.6 °C and it receives 975 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Aweil?

The hottest day measured in Aweil between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 2024, reaching 43.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Aweil?

The coldest day measured in Aweil between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1957, at 12.7 °C.

Does it snow in Aweil?

Almost never: Aweil sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Aweil warmed?

Yes: Aweil warmed by +3.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Aweil?

The wettest day measured in Aweil between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 1943, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Aweil?

The windiest day measured in Aweil between 1940 and 2025 was 12 March 2020, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Aweil?

The warmest month in Aweil is April (31.2 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Aweil?

Aweil receives on average 975 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 145 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Aweil?

Aweil gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Aweil?

Yes: Aweil has on average 325 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Aweil?

In Aweil, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.1 °C on 28 March 2016, and the lowest was 8.0 °C on 6 February 1957.

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