Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaambooni weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kaambooni: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kismayo (178 km away). In January its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Kaambooni, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kaambooni ranks joint 3rd of 14 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Kaambooni is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 2.4 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
Kaambooni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kismayo in JanuarySomalia · 178 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Malindi in JanuaryKenya · 240 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Garissa in JanuaryKenya · 253 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Kilifi in JanuaryKenya · 294 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Mtwapa in JanuaryKenya · 327 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Jomvu in JanuaryKenya · 341 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Mombasa in JanuaryKenya · 343 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Matuga in JanuaryKenya · 360 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 24 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.