Climate averages 1991–2020
Borama weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Borama: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruqi (27 km away). In July its highs average 32.5°C, 3.0°C warmer than Borama, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Borama ranks joint 8th of 14 for the warmest July highs and joint 9th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Borama is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 40 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Ruqi in JulySomalia · 27 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Gebiley in JulySomalia · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Ārabī in JulyEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Jijiga in JulyEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JulySomalia · 105 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Harar in JulyEthiopia · 136 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in JulyEthiopia · 149 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Djibouti in JulyDjibouti · 184 kmHigh 39.6°C · Low 30.6°C · 4.1 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.