Yei
City in South Sudan: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Yei River County in 2010: User:Kakuwa/kakwa Tribe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Yei is a city in South Sudan, in Central Equatoria. About 260,720 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of South Sudan in our atlas.
It lies at 4.09° N, 30.68° E, about 836 m (2,743 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Juba time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Yei. Green dots: other major cities of South Sudan. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Yei has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 36°C (96°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 18°C (65°F). Around 1,166 mm (46 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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- Juba · 131 km
- Pajok · 202 km
- Yambio · 258 km
- Wau · 499 km
- Kuacjok · 554 km
- Gogrial · 569 km
- Malakal · 613 km
- Winejok · 645 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 363619 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1561403 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Yei River County in 2010: User:Kakuwa/kakwa Tribe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)