Wau
City in South Sudan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Huts outside Wau,Sudan: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Wau is a city in South Sudan, in Western Bahr al Ghazal. About 127,384 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of South Sudan in our atlas.
It lies at 7.70° N, 27.99° E, about 440 m (1,444 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Juba time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Wau. Green dots: other major cities of South Sudan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Wau has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 40°C (104°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 19°C (67°F). Around 1,031 mm (41 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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- Kuacjok · 67 km
- Gogrial · 93 km
- Winejok · 153 km
- Yambio · 350 km
- Malakal · 452 km
- Yei · 498 km
- Juba · 506 km
- Pajok · 652 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 363885 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q276534 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Huts outside Wau,Sudan: Bertramz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)