Climate averages 1991–2020
Burao weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Burao: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbera (117 km away). In April its highs average 30.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Burao, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Burao ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Burao is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Burao climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 28.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 30.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 8.4 | 1.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 35 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 33 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 2.5 | 0.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 12.613 h |
| August | 30.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 2.8 | 0.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 6.0 | 1.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 24 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 26.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 11.612 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
April in nearby cities
- Berbera in AprilSomalia · 117 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AprilSomalia · 161 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Gebiley in AprilSomalia · 210 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Ruqi in AprilSomalia · 236 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Borama in AprilSomalia · 262 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Warder in AprilEthiopia · 284 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Jijiga in AprilEthiopia · 300 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Ārabī in AprilEthiopia · 337 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 42 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 Burao) is explained once on the Burao year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.