Climate averages 1991–2020
Berbera weather
in February.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Berbera: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Burao (117 km away). In February its highs average 28.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Berbera, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Berbera ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 13th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 29.5°C; Berbera is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.3 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Burao in FebruarySomalia · 117 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Hargeysa in FebruarySomalia · 143 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Gebiley in FebruarySomalia · 173 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Ruqi in FebruarySomalia · 181 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Borama in FebruarySomalia · 208 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Djibouti in FebruaryDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Aden in FebruaryYemen · 260 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Jijiga in FebruaryEthiopia · 271 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 6.6 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.