Climate averages 1991–2020
El Dibir weather
in December.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in El Dibir: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bosaso (228 km away). In December its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as El Dibir, with 10 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, El Dibir ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 28.2°C; El Dibir is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 29 mm to 11 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Bosaso in DecemberSomalia · 228 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.2°C · 10 mm rain
- Mukalla in DecemberYemen · 383 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Şalālah in DecemberOman · 661 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Burao in DecemberSomalia · 669 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Aden in DecemberYemen · 681 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Berbera in DecemberSomalia · 693 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 14 mm rain
- Dhamār in DecemberYemen · 799 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 6.7°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Mogadishu in DecemberSomalia · 1261 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 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.