Climate averages 1991–2020
Hargeysa weather
in March.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Hargeysa: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gebiley (51 km away). In March its highs average 28.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Hargeysa, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Hargeysa ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 11th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; Hargeysa is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs stay level at 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Gebiley in MarchSomalia · 51 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Ruqi in MarchSomalia · 84 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Borama in MarchSomalia · 105 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Jijiga in MarchEthiopia · 141 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Berbera in MarchSomalia · 143 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Burao in MarchSomalia · 161 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Ārabī in MarchEthiopia · 178 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Harar in MarchEthiopia · 215 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 47 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.