Climate averages 1991–2020
Burao weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Burao: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbera (117 km away). In February its highs average 27.5°C, 1.4°C cooler than Burao, with 9.3 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Burao ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 14 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 14 cities is 29.5°C; Burao is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 8.4 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Berbera in FebruarySomalia · 117 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Hargeysa in FebruarySomalia · 161 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.5°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Gebiley in FebruarySomalia · 210 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 6.7 mm rain
- Ruqi in FebruarySomalia · 236 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Borama in FebruarySomalia · 262 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 13.1°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Warder in FebruaryEthiopia · 284 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Jijiga in FebruaryEthiopia · 300 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 6.6 mm rain
- Ārabī in FebruaryEthiopia · 337 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.2 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.