According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit South Sudan is March to April and November. Plan 7–14 days.
Best months for South Sudan
- Best months
- March to April and November
- How long to stay
- 7–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What South Sudan is best for
Visit remote Mundari cattle camps and witness immense wildlife migrations across Boma and Bandingilo national parks.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- €€€ · more expensive than in Slovakia
Weather in South Sudan by month
Monthly averages around Juba; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 30 °C | little rain (6 mm) |
| February | about 32 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| March best | about 32 °C | little rain (27 mm) |
| April best | about 30 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| May | about 28 °C | a lot of rain (126 mm) |
| June | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (117 mm) |
| July | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (120 mm) |
| August | about 26 °C | a lot of rain (138 mm) |
| September | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (132 mm) |
| October | about 27 °C | a lot of rain (108 mm) |
| November best | about 28 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| December | about 29 °C | little rain (27 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about South Sudan
- Capital
- Juba
- Language
- English
- Currency
- South Sudanese Pound (SSP)
- Time
- UTC+2
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +211
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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