Climate averages 1991–2020
Bosaso weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest 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 Bosaso: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Dibir (228 km away). In January its highs average 26.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Bosaso, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Bosaso ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Bosaso is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 2.0 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
Bosaso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- El Dibir in JanuarySomalia · 228 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Mukalla in JanuaryYemen · 362 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Burao in JanuarySomalia · 444 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Berbera in JanuarySomalia · 465 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Aden in JanuaryYemen · 480 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 591 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Taiz in JanuaryYemen · 616 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Ibb in JanuaryYemen · 619 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 11 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.