Climate averages 1991–2020
Berbera weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Berbera: daytime highs average 34.3°C and nights cool to about 27.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Burao (117 km away). In May its highs average 30.3°C, 4.0°C cooler than Berbera, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Berbera ranks 1st of 14 for the warmest May highs and joint 2nd of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Berbera is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 4.0°C to 38.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Burao in MaySomalia · 117 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 143 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 173 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ruqi in MaySomalia · 181 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Borama in MaySomalia · 208 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Djibouti in MayDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 27.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Aden in MayYemen · 260 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 271 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 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.