Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaambooni weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kaambooni: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kismayo (178 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kaambooni, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kaambooni ranks 13th of 14 for the warmest August highs and joint 9th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 31.1°C; Kaambooni is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 26 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
Kaambooni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 14 | 1.4 | 12.212 h |
| February | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 32.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 81 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 154 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 65 | 17.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 47 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 31 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 26 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 9.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 55 | 12.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 31.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 32 | 7.4 | 12.212 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
- Kismayo in AugustSomalia · 178 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Malindi in AugustKenya · 240 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Garissa in AugustKenya · 253 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Kilifi in AugustKenya · 294 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Mtwapa in AugustKenya · 327 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Jomvu in AugustKenya · 341 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Mombasa in AugustKenya · 343 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Matuga in AugustKenya · 360 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 61 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 Kaambooni) is explained once on the Kaambooni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.