Climate averages 1991–2020
Borama weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Borama: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruqi (27 km away). In March its highs average 29.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Borama, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Borama ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest March highs and joint 12th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; Borama is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 62 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ruqi in MarchSomalia · 27 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Gebiley in MarchSomalia · 55 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Ārabī in MarchEthiopia · 76 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Jijiga in MarchEthiopia · 78 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MarchSomalia · 105 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Harar in MarchEthiopia · 136 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in MarchEthiopia · 149 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Djibouti in MarchDjibouti · 184 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 18 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.