Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruqi weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ruqi: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (27 km away). In October its highs average 27.5°C, 1.8°C cooler than Ruqi, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Ruqi ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest October highs and joint 7th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 29.7°C; Ruqi is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 24 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Borama in OctoberSomalia · 27 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.7°C · 22 mm rain
- Gebiley in OctoberSomalia · 37 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Hargeysa in OctoberSomalia · 84 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 27 mm rain
- Jijiga in OctoberEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Ārabī in OctoberEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Harar in OctoberEthiopia · 161 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.8°C · 71 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in OctoberEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Berbera in OctoberSomalia · 181 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 29 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.