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Rain forecast · South Sudan

Will it rain today in Juba?

Should you take an umbrella in Juba? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

It is raining in Juba right now: light rain. Today’s total: 9.8 mm over 12 wet hours. Tomorrow: 3.2 mm of rain.

Rain now1.2 mm/hlight · rain
Next rainnowToday
Today9.8 mm12 wet hours
Tomorrow3.2 mm15 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Friday 16 October

9.8 mm of rain, 12 wet hours, up to 1.2 mm/h. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
11:00–14:001.30.4light · rain
14:00–17:003.71.2light · rain
17:00–20:003.51.2light · rain
20:00–23:001.20.4light · rain

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

3.2 mm of rain, 15 wet hours, up to 0.4 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
23:00–02:001.10.4light · rain
02:00–05:000.30.1light · rain
05:00–08:000.20.1dry
08:00–11:000.30.1light · rain
11:00–14:000.20.1dry
14:00–17:000.10dry
17:00–20:000.50.2light · rain
20:00–23:000.40.1light · rain

Times in local time (Africa/Juba). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around Juba

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on Juba

How much it rains in Juba, month by month

Juba gets about 937 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is August (144 mm), the driest January (5 mm); a normal October brings 111 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Questions

Will it rain today in Juba?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: It is raining in Juba right now: light rain. Today’s total: 9.8 mm over 12 wet hours. Tomorrow: 3.2 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in Juba?
About 937 mm a year on average (2001–2025). August is the wettest month with 144 mm, January the driest with 5 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Juba.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Juba and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.