Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruqi weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Ruqi: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (27 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, 2.9°C cooler than Ruqi, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Ruqi ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 12th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 31.1°C; Ruqi is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 37 mm to 13 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Borama in AugustSomalia · 27 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Gebiley in AugustSomalia · 37 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Hargeysa in AugustSomalia · 84 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Jijiga in AugustEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Ārabī in AugustEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Harar in AugustEthiopia · 161 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in AugustEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 127 mm rain
- Berbera in AugustSomalia · 181 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 30.4°C · 2.1 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.