Climate averages 1991–2020
Burao weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Burao: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.8 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbera (117 km away). In August its highs average 37.7°C, 7.1°C warmer than Burao, with 2.1 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Burao ranks joint 6th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 31.1°C; Burao is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.8 mm to 6.0 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Berbera in AugustSomalia · 117 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 30.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AugustSomalia · 161 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Gebiley in AugustSomalia · 210 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Ruqi in AugustSomalia · 236 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Borama in AugustSomalia · 262 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Warder in AugustEthiopia · 284 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Jijiga in AugustEthiopia · 300 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Ārabī in AugustEthiopia · 337 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 19 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.