Climate averages 1991–2020
Hargeysa weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Hargeysa: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 9th 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 Gebiley (51 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Hargeysa, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Hargeysa ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 31.1°C; Hargeysa is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 14 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Gebiley in AugustSomalia · 51 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Ruqi in AugustSomalia · 84 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 37 mm rain
- Borama in AugustSomalia · 105 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Jijiga in AugustEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Berbera in AugustSomalia · 143 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 30.4°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Burao in AugustSomalia · 161 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.4°C · 2.8 mm rain
- Ārabī in AugustEthiopia · 178 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Harar in AugustEthiopia · 215 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 81 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.