Climate averages 1991–2020
Burao weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Burao: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbera (117 km away). In October its highs average 31.5°C, 2.6°C warmer than Burao, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Burao ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 29.7°C; Burao is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Berbera in OctoberSomalia · 117 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 29 mm rain
- Hargeysa in OctoberSomalia · 161 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Gebiley in OctoberSomalia · 210 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Ruqi in OctoberSomalia · 236 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Borama in OctoberSomalia · 262 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Warder in OctoberEthiopia · 284 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Jijiga in OctoberEthiopia · 300 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Ārabī in OctoberEthiopia · 337 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 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.