Juba
Capital of South Sudan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Juba City: Rigan123, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Juba is the capital of South Sudan, in Central Equatoria. About 450,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of South Sudan in our atlas.
It lies at 4.85° N, 31.58° E, about 518 m (1,699 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Juba time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Juba. Green dots: other major cities of South Sudan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Juba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 39°C (102°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 22°C (71°F). Around 937 mm (37 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Aug.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Yei · 131 km
- Pajok · 148 km
- Yambio · 354 km
- Wau · 508 km
- Malakal · 520 km
- Kuacjok · 553 km
- Gogrial · 562 km
- Winejok · 640 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 373303 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1947 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Juba City: Rigan123, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)