Climate averages 1991–2020
Burao weather
in May.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Burao: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbera (117 km away). In May its highs average 34.3°C, 4.0°C warmer than Burao, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Burao ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 5th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Burao is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 2.5 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 117 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 161 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 210 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ruqi in MaySomalia · 236 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Borama in MaySomalia · 262 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Warder in MayEthiopia · 284 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 300 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Ārabī in MayEthiopia · 337 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 17 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.