Climate averages 1991–2020
Bosaso weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Bosaso: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 5th 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 El Dibir (228 km away). In March its highs average 29.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bosaso, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Bosaso ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 1st of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; Bosaso is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 6.9 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- El Dibir in MarchSomalia · 228 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Mukalla in MarchYemen · 362 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Burao in MarchSomalia · 444 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Berbera in MarchSomalia · 465 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Aden in MarchYemen · 480 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MarchSomalia · 591 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Taiz in MarchYemen · 616 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Ibb in MarchYemen · 619 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 40 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.