Climate averages 1991–2020
Bosaso weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bosaso: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is El Dibir (228 km away). In October its highs average 29.8°C, 1.3°C cooler than Bosaso, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Bosaso ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 29.7°C; Bosaso is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.2 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- El Dibir in OctoberSomalia · 228 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Mukalla in OctoberYemen · 362 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Burao in OctoberSomalia · 444 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Berbera in OctoberSomalia · 465 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Aden in OctoberYemen · 480 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 25.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Hargeysa in OctoberSomalia · 591 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Taiz in OctoberYemen · 616 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Ibb in OctoberYemen · 619 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 27 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.