Climate averages 1991–2020
Burao weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Burao: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbera (117 km away). In September its highs average 36.6°C, 5.4°C warmer than Burao, with 3.9 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Burao ranks 7th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 31.4°C; Burao is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.0 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Berbera in SeptemberSomalia · 117 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Hargeysa in SeptemberSomalia · 161 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Gebiley in SeptemberSomalia · 210 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Ruqi in SeptemberSomalia · 236 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 13 mm rain
- Borama in SeptemberSomalia · 262 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Warder in SeptemberEthiopia · 284 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Jijiga in SeptemberEthiopia · 300 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Ārabī in SeptemberEthiopia · 337 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.0 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.