Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabudwaaq weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Cabudwaaq: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warder (127 km away). In May its highs average 31.6°C, 1.7°C cooler than Cabudwaaq, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Cabudwaaq ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest May highs and 7th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Cabudwaaq is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Warder in MayEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Burao in MaySomalia · 372 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Hargeysa in MaySomalia · 439 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 37 mm rain
- Baidoa in MaySomalia · 450 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Mogadishu in MaySomalia · 478 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Gebiley in MaySomalia · 479 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 485 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Jijiga in MayEthiopia · 511 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 77 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.