Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruqi weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Ruqi: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes June a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 42 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (27 km away). In June its highs average 30.5°C, 3.0°C cooler than Ruqi, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Ruqi ranks joint 4th of 14 for the warmest June highs and 6th of 14 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 14 cities is 31.6°C; Ruqi is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.0 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Borama in JuneSomalia · 27 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Gebiley in JuneSomalia · 37 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.1°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Hargeysa in JuneSomalia · 84 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Jijiga in JuneEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 24 mm rain
- Ārabī in JuneEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Harar in JuneEthiopia · 161 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 40 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in JuneEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Berbera in JuneSomalia · 181 kmHigh 38.3°C · Low 30.0°C · 1.4 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.