Bor climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bor?

Bor has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,096 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Bor between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2005, reaching 43.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bor?

The coldest day measured in Bor between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, at 15.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bor?

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

Q: Has the climate of Bor warmed?

Yes: Bor warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bor?

The wettest day measured in Bor between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1950, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bor?

The windiest day measured in Bor between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2015, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bor?

The warmest month in Bor is March (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bor?

Bor receives on average 1,096 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bor?

Bor gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bor (South Sudan) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,096 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 March (30.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (25.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.

Bor averages 0 frost days, 265 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 163 rainy days per year.

Bor has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.4 °C (on 26 February 2005) and the coldest 15.9 °C (on 28 December 1983).

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

BorJonglei

coords: 6.21°, 31.56°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthAugustWettest monthAugustDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

27.5°C

Average daily high

32.5°C

Average daily low

23.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,096mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

12.2km/h

Seasonal range

5.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

265 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

163 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

36.1 °C

Average feels-like low

26.0 °C

Average peak gust

30.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

362 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

43.4 °C

26 February 2005

Coldest day

15.9 °C

28 December 1983

Wettest day

105 mm

9 March 1950

Windiest day

29.7 km/h

10 March 2015

Strongest gust

63.0 km/h

16 March 2021

Hottest feels-like

44.8 °C

28 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

13.8 °C

5 February 1957

Sunniest day

12.0 h

22 March 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	41.1 °C23 February 2025	18.8 °C31 December 2025	28.6 °C	640 mm	322
2024	42.6 °C13 March 2024	21.4 °C2 August 2024	29.8 °C	673 mm	324
2023	41.0 °C6 March 2023	21.7 °C7 July 2023	29.7 °C	598 mm	345
2022	41.0 °C5 March 2022	20.1 °C25 August 2022	28.9 °C	616 mm	307
2021	41.3 °C12 February 2021	21.5 °C3 August 2021	29.3 °C	646 mm	323
2020	41.5 °C4 March 2020	21.3 °C12 January 2020	28.6 °C	807 mm	298
2019	42.1 °C22 March 2019	21.0 °C5 August 2019	28.7 °C	963 mm	288
2018	41.0 °C8 February 2018	20.8 °C13 September 2018	29.0 °C	670 mm	332
2017	42.1 °C11 March 2017	21.5 °C15 September 2017	29.2 °C	774 mm	313
2016	41.8 °C29 February 2016	21.0 °C28 January 2016	29.7 °C	639 mm	336
2015	42.6 °C10 March 2015	18.6 °C11 January 2015	29.1 °C	767 mm	335
2014	40.8 °C20 March 2014	21.1 °C28 November 2014	28.7 °C	818 mm	317
2013	41.7 °C25 February 2013	20.4 °C16 November 2013	28.6 °C	821 mm	307
2012	40.8 °C14 February 2012	21.0 °C14 October 2012	28.2 °C	910 mm	281
2011	40.1 °C12 April 2011	19.3 °C2 December 2011	28.0 °C	888 mm	305
2010	41.5 °C2 February 2010	20.7 °C22 September 2010	28.4 °C	1,010 mm	300
2009	40.9 °C7 March 2009	21.5 °C2 September 2009	28.8 °C	775 mm	335
2008	40.2 °C4 March 2008	20.7 °C4 July 2008	28.1 °C	921 mm	301
2007	41.0 °C8 March 2007	20.9 °C15 August 2007	28.4 °C	914 mm	296
2006	40.5 °C26 January 2006	20.0 °C30 December 2006	28.0 °C	1,000 mm	284
2005	43.4 °C26 February 2005	21.0 °C17 July 2005	28.9 °C	841 mm	309
2004	41.6 °C25 March 2004	20.9 °C5 February 2004	28.4 °C	864 mm	312
2003	41.9 °C6 March 2003	21.0 °C11 August 2003	28.3 °C	978 mm	295
2002	41.0 °C25 February 2002	19.5 °C13 January 2002	28.2 °C	843 mm	320
2001	40.4 °C28 February 2001	19.4 °C8 January 2001	27.7 °C	981 mm	298
2000	41.4 °C22 March 2000	20.7 °C3 July 2000	27.9 °C	826 mm	303
1999	40.4 °C8 February 1999	20.7 °C20 August 1999	27.4 °C	1,181 mm	257
1998	42.1 °C16 March 1998	20.5 °C15 January 1998	28.4 °C	1,128 mm	290
1997	40.4 °C23 March 1997	20.8 °C24 January 1997	27.9 °C	967 mm	308
1996	39.8 °C11 February 1996	21.0 °C15 August 1996	27.2 °C	1,310 mm	246
1995	40.4 °C11 March 1995	20.8 °C12 July 1995	27.7 °C	1,067 mm	252
1994	41.3 °C2 April 1994	20.5 °C13 December 1994	27.7 °C	1,007 mm	248
1993	40.5 °C4 March 1993	19.9 °C7 February 1993	27.6 °C	879 mm	288
1992	41.4 °C9 March 1992	18.4 °C5 January 1992	27.3 °C	1,112 mm	258
1991	40.9 °C20 February 1991	20.6 °C24 October 1991	27.5 °C	1,224 mm	255
1990	40.2 °C12 April 1990	20.8 °C19 July 1990	28.1 °C	982 mm	298
1989	40.9 °C1 March 1989	18.9 °C21 January 1989	27.1 °C	1,044 mm	271
1988	41.4 °C2 March 1988	21.1 °C16 August 1988	27.7 °C	1,092 mm	265
1987	40.9 °C23 March 1987	20.3 °C5 January 1987	27.7 °C	1,031 mm	276
1986	38.8 °C25 February 1986	17.8 °C7 December 1986	26.6 °C	1,230 mm	223
1985	41.2 °C14 March 1985	20.5 °C1 September 1985	26.6 °C	1,363 mm	187
1984	40.6 °C20 February 1984	19.2 °C12 December 1984	27.0 °C	1,063 mm	236
1983	40.7 °C29 March 1983	15.9 °C28 December 1983	27.4 °C	1,242 mm	247
1982	39.9 °C24 March 1982	19.3 °C5 December 1982	27.1 °C	996 mm	246
1981	40.0 °C1 March 1981	19.9 °C24 November 1981	27.3 °C	1,292 mm	260
1980	41.3 °C18 March 1980	18.6 °C14 December 1980	27.3 °C	1,153 mm	242
1979	39.3 °C23 March 1979	19.0 °C31 January 1979	27.2 °C	1,269 mm	293
1978	39.7 °C6 February 1978	18.7 °C14 December 1978	26.7 °C	1,266 mm	225
1977	39.1 °C16 March 1977	20.0 °C1 November 1977	26.8 °C	1,148 mm	257
1976	38.2 °C9 March 1976	19.4 °C30 November 1976	26.5 °C	1,230 mm	226
1975	39.4 °C25 March 1975	18.3 °C8 December 1975	26.4 °C	1,340 mm	210
1974	40.5 °C13 March 1974	19.8 °C7 December 1974	26.7 °C	1,296 mm	209
1973	40.9 °C29 March 1973	20.1 °C10 September 1973	27.4 °C	1,189 mm	247
1972	40.6 °C31 March 1972	18.3 °C2 January 1972	27.0 °C	1,241 mm	254
1971	41.3 °C5 March 1971	17.4 °C21 December 1971	26.7 °C	1,118 mm	223
1970	40.9 °C28 February 1970	18.1 °C14 September 1970	27.0 °C	1,257 mm	256
1969	39.2 °C7 February 1969	20.0 °C30 January 1969	27.2 °C	1,319 mm	284
1968	38.3 °C19 February 1968	17.5 °C18 January 1968	26.7 °C	1,193 mm	266
1967	40.0 °C10 March 1967	19.1 °C22 December 1967	26.5 °C	1,318 mm	244
1966	38.9 °C16 May 1966	19.6 °C2 March 1966	27.4 °C	1,057 mm	253
1965	39.4 °C27 May 1965	18.6 °C20 December 1965	27.5 °C	976 mm	249
1964	39.9 °C31 March 1964	19.4 °C30 December 1964	27.3 °C	1,170 mm	212
1963	38.4 °C24 March 1963	19.7 °C23 November 1963	26.0 °C	1,282 mm	210
1962	38.5 °C15 February 1962	16.2 °C4 January 1962	25.8 °C	1,476 mm	242
1961	40.7 °C8 March 1961	17.8 °C28 December 1961	26.5 °C	1,485 mm	232
1960	38.9 °C17 March 1960	20.1 °C20 January 1960	26.8 °C	1,353 mm	281
1959	41.3 °C16 March 1959	18.8 °C29 December 1959	26.8 °C	1,471 mm	267
1958	41.2 °C4 April 1958	18.1 °C17 February 1958	27.0 °C	1,447 mm	266
1957	38.8 °C20 February 1957	17.5 °C6 February 1957	26.4 °C	1,423 mm	264
1956	39.4 °C10 March 1956	18.2 °C18 January 1956	26.4 °C	1,276 mm	239
1955	39.2 °C20 February 1955	18.9 °C13 December 1955	26.4 °C	1,436 mm	243
1954	40.2 °C7 February 1954	19.5 °C9 December 1954	26.4 °C	1,215 mm	206
1953	38.1 °C29 March 1953	17.7 °C19 December 1953	25.6 °C	1,608 mm	234
1952	38.7 °C27 January 1952	20.5 °C12 August 1952	26.2 °C	1,574 mm	229
1951	39.4 °C6 March 1951	19.0 °C18 December 1951	26.3 °C	1,343 mm	256
1950	39.9 °C5 March 1950	18.9 °C7 December 1950	25.6 °C	1,838 mm	215
1949	39.7 °C6 March 1949	17.7 °C25 December 1949	26.0 °C	1,551 mm	232
1948	39.3 °C3 April 1948	18.9 °C26 December 1948	26.5 °C	1,231 mm	195
1947	38.1 °C9 March 1947	19.1 °C21 July 1947	26.7 °C	1,051 mm	224
1946	41.5 °C30 March 1946	16.4 °C11 December 1946	27.0 °C	1,205 mm	187
1945	39.7 °C21 February 1945	19.9 °C6 July 1945	27.0 °C	963 mm	229
1944	40.0 °C1 March 1944	20.5 °C6 December 1944	27.6 °C	792 mm	263
1943	40.9 °C13 March 1943	19.8 °C9 August 1943	27.1 °C	1,440 mm	192
1942	39.9 °C5 February 1942	20.1 °C17 July 1942	27.5 °C	815 mm	278
1941	41.7 °C28 March 1941	19.4 °C17 November 1941	27.5 °C	783 mm	248
1940	38.0 °C1 March 1940	19.6 °C12 February 1940	26.3 °C	1,218 mm	188

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.2 °C

+1.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

322 d/yr

+57

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

640 mm

-456 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	37.3 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Feb	39.6 °C	+2.9 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Mar	37.9 °C	+1.5 °C	3 mm	-37 mm
Apr	35.9 °C	+1.3 °C	40 mm	-40 mm
May	34.6 °C	+2.5 °C	59 mm	-75 mm
Jun	33.1 °C	+2.5 °C	46 mm	-92 mm
Jul	30.4 °C	+0.9 °C	116 mm	-38 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	0.0 °C	189 mm	+31 mm
Sep	31.1 °C	+1.1 °C	100 mm	-42 mm
Oct	32.0 °C	+1.6 °C	72 mm	-79 mm
Nov	34.8 °C	+3.2 °C	13 mm	-56 mm
Dec	34.8 °C	+1.2 °C	3 mm	-11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

41.1 °C

23 Feb 2025

Coldest day

18.8 °C

31 Dec 2025

Wettest day

22.4 mm

7 Apr 2025

Windiest day

27.5 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Strongest gust

56.5 km/h

31 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.3 °C

4 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.6 °C

31 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

18 Mar 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bor?

Bor has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 27.5 °C and it receives 1,096 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bor?

The hottest day measured in Bor between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2005, reaching 43.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bor?

The coldest day measured in Bor between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1983, at 15.9 °C.

Does it snow in Bor?

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

Has the climate of Bor warmed?

Yes: Bor warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bor?

The wettest day measured in Bor between 1940 and 2025 was 9 March 1950, with 105 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bor?

The windiest day measured in Bor between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2015, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bor?

The warmest month in Bor is March (30.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (25.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Bor?

Bor receives on average 1,096 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bor?

Bor gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bor?

Yes: Bor has on average 362 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bor?

In Bor, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.8 °C on 28 March 2016, and the lowest was 13.8 °C on 5 February 1957.

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