Climate averages 1991–2020
Gebiley weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Gebiley: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruqi (37 km away). In August its highs average 32.0°C, 3.7°C warmer than Gebiley, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Gebiley ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 14th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 31.1°C; Gebiley is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Gebiley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 6.7 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 28.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 73 | 10.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 51 | 8.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 7.1 | 1.8 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 30 | 6.8 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 43 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 23 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 34 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 25.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 23.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.612 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
August in nearby cities
- Ruqi in AugustSomalia · 37 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AugustSomalia · 51 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Borama in AugustSomalia · 55 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Jijiga in AugustEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Ārabī in AugustEthiopia · 127 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Harar in AugustEthiopia · 171 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Berbera in AugustSomalia · 173 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 30.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in AugustEthiopia · 193 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 127 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 Gebiley) is explained once on the Gebiley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.