Climate averages 1991–2020
Burao weather
in December.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Burao: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbera (117 km away). In December its highs average 27.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Burao, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Burao ranks 9th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 28.2°C; Burao is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 2.1 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Berbera in DecemberSomalia · 117 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Hargeysa in DecemberSomalia · 161 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Gebiley in DecemberSomalia · 210 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Ruqi in DecemberSomalia · 236 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.9°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Borama in DecemberSomalia · 262 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.5°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Warder in DecemberEthiopia · 284 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Jijiga in DecemberEthiopia · 300 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Ārabī in DecemberEthiopia · 337 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 4.5 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.