Climate averages 1991–2020

Bosaso weather
in July.

A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 37.0°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 30.2°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a very hot month in Bosaso: daytime highs average 37.0°C and nights cool to about 30.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is El Dibir (228 km away). In July its highs average 34.6°C, 2.4°C cooler than Bosaso, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Bosaso ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest July highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Bosaso is 6.0°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 36.8°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bosaso, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Bosaso

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 limits

How 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.