Climate averages 1991–2020
Borama weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th 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 Borama: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruqi (27 km away). In January its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Borama, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Borama ranks joint 11th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Borama is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.2 mm to 6.2 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
Borama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Ruqi in JanuarySomalia · 27 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Gebiley in JanuarySomalia · 55 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Ārabī in JanuaryEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Jijiga in JanuaryEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 105 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Harar in JanuaryEthiopia · 136 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in JanuaryEthiopia · 149 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Djibouti in JanuaryDjibouti · 184 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 24 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.