Winejok
City in South Sudan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Winejok is a city in South Sudan, in Northern Bahr al Ghazal. About 300,000 people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of South Sudan in our atlas.
It lies at 9.01° N, 27.57° E, about 419 m (1,375 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Juba time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Winejok. Green dots: other major cities of South Sudan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Winejok has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 41°C (105°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 19°C (65°F). Around 903 mm (36 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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- Gogrial · 79 km
- Kuacjok · 91 km
- Wau · 153 km
- Malakal · 452 km
- Yambio · 501 km
- Juba · 638 km
- Yei · 643 km
- Pajok · 785 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 363807 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1515546 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.