Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruqi weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Ruqi: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (27 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Ruqi, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Ruqi ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Ruqi is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 43 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Ruqi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 17 | 3.5 | 11.612 h |
| February | 26.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 11 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 29.4°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 41 | 6.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 83 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 5.0 | 1.3 | 12.713 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 28 | 7.3 | 12.613 h |
| August | 32.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 37 | 10.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 32.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 13 | 3.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 34 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 24 | 3.9 | 11.712 h |
| December | 24.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.2 | 2.6 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Borama in AprilSomalia · 27 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Gebiley in AprilSomalia · 37 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AprilSomalia · 84 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Jijiga in AprilEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Ārabī in AprilEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Harar in AprilEthiopia · 161 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in AprilEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 153 mm rain
- Berbera in AprilSomalia · 181 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 30 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 Ruqi) is explained once on the Ruqi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.