Climate averages 1991–2020
Berbera weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Berbera: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 8.7 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Burao (117 km away). In January its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Berbera, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Berbera ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Berbera is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.7 mm to 9.3 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Burao in JanuarySomalia · 117 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 143 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Gebiley in JanuarySomalia · 173 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Ruqi in JanuarySomalia · 181 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Borama in JanuarySomalia · 208 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Djibouti in JanuaryDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Aden in JanuaryYemen · 260 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Jijiga in JanuaryEthiopia · 271 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 5.1 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.