Climate averages 1991–2020
El Dibir weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in El Dibir: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes March a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bosaso (228 km away). In March its highs average 30.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than El Dibir, with 1.6 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, El Dibir ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; El Dibir is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.4 mm to 1.8 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Bosaso in MarchSomalia · 228 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Mukalla in MarchYemen · 383 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Şalālah in MarchOman · 661 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Burao in MarchSomalia · 669 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Aden in MarchYemen · 681 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Berbera in MarchSomalia · 693 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Dhamār in MarchYemen · 799 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 10.2°C · 28 mm rain
- Mogadishu in MarchSomalia · 1261 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 6.2 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.