Climate averages 1991–2020
Hargeysa weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Hargeysa: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gebiley (51 km away). In April its highs average 28.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Hargeysa, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Hargeysa ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Hargeysa is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Hargeysa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 3.5 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 17 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 49 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 37 | 7.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.3 | 1.1 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.6°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 16 | 3.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 29.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 20 | 5.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 14 | 3.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 27 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 25.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 14 | 2.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 3.5 | 0.8 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Gebiley in AprilSomalia · 51 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Ruqi in AprilSomalia · 84 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Borama in AprilSomalia · 105 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Jijiga in AprilEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Berbera in AprilSomalia · 143 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Burao in AprilSomalia · 161 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Ārabī in AprilEthiopia · 178 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Harar in AprilEthiopia · 215 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 108 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 Hargeysa) is explained once on the Hargeysa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.