Climate averages 1991–2020
Bosaso weather
in May.
A very hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a very hot month in Bosaso: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 27.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.9 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes May a very dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Dibir (228 km away). In May its highs average 32.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Bosaso, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Bosaso ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest May highs and 1st of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Bosaso is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 36.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.9 mm to 1.8 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- El Dibir in MaySomalia · 228 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 27.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Mukalla in MayYemen · 362 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.9°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Burao in MaySomalia · 444 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 465 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Aden in MayYemen · 480 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 591 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Taiz in MayYemen · 616 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 91 mm rain
- Ibb in MayYemen · 619 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 87 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.