Climate averages 1991–2020
Berbera weather
in August.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a very hot month in Berbera: daytime highs average 37.7°C and nights cool to about 30.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Burao (117 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, 7.1°C cooler than Berbera, with 2.8 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Berbera ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 31.1°C; Berbera is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 3.9 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Burao in AugustSomalia · 117 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AugustSomalia · 143 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Gebiley in AugustSomalia · 173 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Ruqi in AugustSomalia · 181 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Borama in AugustSomalia · 208 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Djibouti in AugustDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 38.7°C · Low 30.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Aden in AugustYemen · 260 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 28.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Jijiga in AugustEthiopia · 271 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 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.