Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruqi weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ruqi: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (27 km away). In July its highs average 29.6°C, 3.0°C cooler than Ruqi, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Ruqi ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest July highs and joint 9th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Ruqi is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 28 mm to 37 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Borama in JulySomalia · 27 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Gebiley in JulySomalia · 37 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JulySomalia · 84 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Jijiga in JulyEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Ārabī in JulyEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 10 mm rain
- Harar in JulyEthiopia · 161 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in JulyEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Berbera in JulySomalia · 181 kmHigh 38.1°C · Low 30.1°C · 1.3 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.