Climate averages 1991–2020
Hargeysa weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Hargeysa: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gebiley (51 km away). In July its highs average 28.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Hargeysa, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Hargeysa ranks joint 8th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 7th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Hargeysa is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Gebiley in JulySomalia · 51 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Ruqi in JulySomalia · 84 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Borama in JulySomalia · 105 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Jijiga in JulyEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Berbera in JulySomalia · 143 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 30.1°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Burao in JulySomalia · 161 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Ārabī in JulyEthiopia · 178 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Harar in JulyEthiopia · 215 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 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.