Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabudwaaq weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Cabudwaaq: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warder (127 km away). In December its highs average 31.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Cabudwaaq, with 5.8 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Cabudwaaq ranks joint 1st of 14 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 28.2°C; Cabudwaaq is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.2 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Warder in DecemberEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Burao in DecemberSomalia · 372 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Hargeysa in DecemberSomalia · 439 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Baidoa in DecemberSomalia · 450 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Mogadishu in DecemberSomalia · 478 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Gebiley in DecemberSomalia · 479 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Berbera in DecemberSomalia · 485 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Jijiga in DecemberEthiopia · 511 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 12.0°C · 7.4 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.