Climate averages 1991–2020
El Dibir weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in El Dibir: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 27.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bosaso (228 km away). In August its highs average 36.8°C, 2.9°C warmer than El Dibir, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, El Dibir ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest August highs and joint 1st of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 31.1°C; El Dibir is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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
El Dibir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 11 | 3.3 | 11.512 h |
| February | 27.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 2.5 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 4.4 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 1.8 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.7°C27.5°C | 27.5°C | 13 | 0.8 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.3°C28.4°C | 28.4°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 34.6°C28.2°C | 28.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 33.9°C27.4°C | 27.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.513 h |
| September | 32.5°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 27.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 36 | 7.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 26.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 29 | 5.5 | 11.411 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
- Bosaso in AugustSomalia · 228 kmHigh 36.8°C · Low 30.5°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mukalla in AugustYemen · 383 kmHigh 35.5°C · Low 27.9°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Şalālah in AugustOman · 661 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Burao in AugustSomalia · 669 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Aden in AugustYemen · 681 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 28.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Berbera in AugustSomalia · 693 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 30.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Dhamār in AugustYemen · 799 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Mogadishu in AugustSomalia · 1261 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 32 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 El Dibir) is explained once on the El Dibir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.