Climate averages 1991–2020
El Dibir weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the joint 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in El Dibir: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bosaso (228 km away). In January its highs average 26.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than El Dibir, with 1.3 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, El Dibir ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; El Dibir is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 11 mm to 2.5 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Bosaso in JanuarySomalia · 228 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Mukalla in JanuaryYemen · 383 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Şalālah in JanuaryOman · 661 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Burao in JanuarySomalia · 669 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Aden in JanuaryYemen · 681 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Berbera in JanuarySomalia · 693 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Dhamār in JanuaryYemen · 799 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.4°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Mogadishu in JanuarySomalia · 1261 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 6.3 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.