Climate averages 1991–2020
Berbera weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Berbera: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Burao (117 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 2.6°C cooler than Berbera, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Berbera ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 29.7°C; Berbera is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Burao in OctoberSomalia · 117 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Hargeysa in OctoberSomalia · 143 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Gebiley in OctoberSomalia · 173 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Ruqi in OctoberSomalia · 181 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Borama in OctoberSomalia · 208 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Djibouti in OctoberDjibouti · 241 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Aden in OctoberYemen · 260 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Jijiga in OctoberEthiopia · 271 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 45 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.