Climate averages 1991–2020
Berbera weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Berbera: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Burao (117 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Berbera, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Berbera ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Berbera is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 13 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
Berbera climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.7 | 2.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 27.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 9.3 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 15 | 2.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.5°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 30 | 5.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.3°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 13 | 2.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 38.3°C30.0°C | 30.0°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 12.713 h |
| July | 38.1°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 12.713 h |
| August | 37.7°C30.4°C | 30.4°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.512 h |
| September | 36.6°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 3.9 | 0.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 29 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 28 | 3.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 14 | 3.4 | 11.512 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
- Burao in AprilSomalia · 117 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AprilSomalia · 143 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Gebiley in AprilSomalia · 173 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Ruqi in AprilSomalia · 181 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Borama in AprilSomalia · 208 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Djibouti in AprilDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Aden in AprilYemen · 260 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Jijiga in AprilEthiopia · 271 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 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 Berbera) is explained once on the Berbera year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.