Climate averages 1991–2020
Burao weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Burao: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical January (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbera (117 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Burao, with 8.7 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Burao ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Burao is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Berbera in JanuarySomalia · 117 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JanuarySomalia · 161 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Gebiley in JanuarySomalia · 210 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Ruqi in JanuarySomalia · 236 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Borama in JanuarySomalia · 262 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Warder in JanuaryEthiopia · 284 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Jijiga in JanuaryEthiopia · 300 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Ārabī in JanuaryEthiopia · 337 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 7.7 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.