Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabudwaaq weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Cabudwaaq: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warder (127 km away). In March its highs average 34.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Cabudwaaq, with 7.0 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Cabudwaaq ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; Cabudwaaq is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 34.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.4 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Warder in MarchEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Burao in MarchSomalia · 372 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MarchSomalia · 439 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Baidoa in MarchSomalia · 450 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Mogadishu in MarchSomalia · 478 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Gebiley in MarchSomalia · 479 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Berbera in MarchSomalia · 485 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Jijiga in MarchEthiopia · 511 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 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.