Climate averages 1991–2020

Ruqi weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 24.7°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 13.9°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 17 mm 4 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Ruqi: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 37 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (27 km away). In January its highs average 24.7°C, about as warm as Ruqi, with 9.2 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Ruqi ranks joint 11th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 14th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Ruqi is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 17 mm to 11 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ruqi, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Ruqi

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 limits

How 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.