Climate averages 1991–2020
Baidoa weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Baidoa: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (199 km away). In April its highs average 31.1°C, 1.7°C cooler than Baidoa, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Baidoa ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest April highs and 14th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Baidoa is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Baidoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| February | 35.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| March | 35.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 8.8 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 95 | 12.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 61 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 8.5 | 2.8 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 6.3 | 1.9 | 12.312 h |
| August | 30.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 5.6 | 1.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 32.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 10 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 91 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 97 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| December | 32.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 16 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Marka in AprilSomalia · 199 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Mandera in AprilKenya · 219 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Mogadishu in AprilSomalia · 223 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Kismayo in AprilSomalia · 405 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Wajir in AprilKenya · 427 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in AprilSomalia · 450 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Warder in AprilEthiopia · 468 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Negēlē in AprilEthiopia · 513 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 219 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Baidoa) is explained once on the Baidoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.