Climate averages 1991–2020
Borama weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Borama: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruqi (27 km away). In April its highs average 30.0°C, 1.5°C warmer than Borama, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Borama ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Borama is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Borama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 9.2 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 30 | 5.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.4°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 62 | 10.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 31 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 5.7 | 1.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 28 | 8.1 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 40 | 11.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 13 | 3.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 25.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 16 | 2.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 4.7 | 1.3 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Ruqi in AprilSomalia · 27 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Gebiley in AprilSomalia · 55 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Ārabī in AprilEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Jijiga in AprilEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AprilSomalia · 105 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Harar in AprilEthiopia · 136 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in AprilEthiopia · 149 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Djibouti in AprilDjibouti · 184 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 28 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 Borama) is explained once on the Borama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.