Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabudwaaq weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Cabudwaaq: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warder (127 km away). In August its highs average 31.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Cabudwaaq, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Cabudwaaq ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 31.1°C; Cabudwaaq is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.6 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Cabudwaaq climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 3.4 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 50 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 42 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| June | 33.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 1.4 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 33.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 34.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.3°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 8.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 29 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 11.812 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
August in nearby cities
- Warder in AugustEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Burao in AugustSomalia · 372 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AugustSomalia · 439 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Baidoa in AugustSomalia · 450 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Mogadishu in AugustSomalia · 478 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Gebiley in AugustSomalia · 479 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Berbera in AugustSomalia · 485 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 30.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Jijiga in AugustEthiopia · 511 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 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 Cabudwaaq) is explained once on the Cabudwaaq year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.