Climate averages 1991–2020
El Dibir weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in El Dibir: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 27.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes May a very dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bosaso (228 km away). In May its highs average 34.0°C, 1.3°C warmer than El Dibir, with 6.9 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, El Dibir ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest May highs and joint 2nd of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; El Dibir is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 34.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to under 1 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
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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Bosaso in MaySomalia · 228 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 27.4°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Mukalla in MayYemen · 383 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 26.9°C · 6.4 mm rain
- Şalālah in MayOman · 661 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Burao in MaySomalia · 669 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Aden in MayYemen · 681 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 27.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Berbera in MaySomalia · 693 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 27.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Dhamār in MayYemen · 799 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Mogadishu in MaySomalia · 1261 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 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.