Climate averages 1991–2020
Burao weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Burao: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbera (117 km away). In March its highs average 28.8°C, 1.6°C cooler than Burao, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Burao ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; Burao is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.4 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Berbera in MarchSomalia · 117 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MarchSomalia · 161 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Gebiley in MarchSomalia · 210 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Ruqi in MarchSomalia · 236 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Borama in MarchSomalia · 262 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Warder in MarchEthiopia · 284 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Jijiga in MarchEthiopia · 300 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Ārabī in MarchEthiopia · 337 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 32 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.