Climate averages 1991–2020
Bosaso weather
in April.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bosaso: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes April a very dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Dibir (228 km away). In April its highs average 31.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Bosaso, with 1.8 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Bosaso ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Bosaso is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 34.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 6.9 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
Bosaso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 27.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.0 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.3°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.0°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 6.9 | 1.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.6°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 1.8 | 0.1 | 12.813 h |
| July | 37.0°C30.2°C | 30.2°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.713 h |
| August | 36.8°C30.5°C | 30.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.512 h |
| September | 35.6°C28.7°C | 28.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 8.2 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 13 | 2.2 | 11.612 h |
| December | 27.0°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 10 | 1.4 | 11.511 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
- El Dibir in AprilSomalia · 228 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Mukalla in AprilYemen · 362 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Burao in AprilSomalia · 444 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Berbera in AprilSomalia · 465 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Aden in AprilYemen · 480 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.1°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AprilSomalia · 591 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Taiz in AprilYemen · 616 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Ibb in AprilYemen · 619 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 61 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 Bosaso) is explained once on the Bosaso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.