Climate averages 1991–2020
Bosaso weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bosaso: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes December a very dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Dibir (228 km away). In December its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Bosaso, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Bosaso ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 28.2°C; Bosaso is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 10 mm to 1.3 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- El Dibir in DecemberSomalia · 228 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 29 mm rain
- Mukalla in DecemberYemen · 362 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Burao in DecemberSomalia · 444 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Berbera in DecemberSomalia · 465 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Aden in DecemberYemen · 480 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Hargeysa in DecemberSomalia · 591 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Taiz in DecemberYemen · 616 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Ibb in DecemberYemen · 619 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.8°C · 5.4 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.