Climate averages 1991–2020
El Dibir weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in El Dibir: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 26.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical September (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bosaso (228 km away). In September its highs average 35.6°C, 3.1°C warmer than El Dibir, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, El Dibir ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest September highs and 1st of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 31.4°C; El Dibir is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bosaso in SeptemberSomalia · 228 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 28.7°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mukalla in SeptemberYemen · 383 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 26.9°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Şalālah in SeptemberOman · 661 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Burao in SeptemberSomalia · 669 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Aden in SeptemberYemen · 681 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 28.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Berbera in SeptemberSomalia · 693 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Dhamār in SeptemberYemen · 799 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Mogadishu in SeptemberSomalia · 1261 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 21 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.