Climate averages 1991–2020
Hargeysa weather
in January.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Hargeysa: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gebiley (51 km away). In January its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Hargeysa, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Hargeysa ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Hargeysa is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.9 mm to 3.5 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Gebiley in JanuarySomalia · 51 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Ruqi in JanuarySomalia · 84 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 17 mm rain
- Borama in JanuarySomalia · 105 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Jijiga in JanuaryEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Berbera in JanuarySomalia · 143 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Burao in JanuarySomalia · 161 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Ārabī in JanuaryEthiopia · 178 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 15.3°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Harar in JanuaryEthiopia · 215 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 11 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.