Climate averages 1991–2020
Berbera weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Berbera: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Burao (117 km away). In March its highs average 30.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Berbera, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Berbera ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 10th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; Berbera is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Burao in MarchSomalia · 117 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MarchSomalia · 143 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Gebiley in MarchSomalia · 173 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Ruqi in MarchSomalia · 181 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Borama in MarchSomalia · 208 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Djibouti in MarchDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Aden in MarchYemen · 260 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Jijiga in MarchEthiopia · 271 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 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.