Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruqi weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ruqi: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Borama (27 km away). In September its highs average 29.1°C, 2.9°C cooler than Ruqi, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Ruqi ranks joint 5th of 14 for the warmest September highs and joint 7th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 31.4°C; Ruqi is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 13 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Borama in SeptemberSomalia · 27 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Gebiley in SeptemberSomalia · 37 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Hargeysa in SeptemberSomalia · 84 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Jijiga in SeptemberEthiopia · 98 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Ārabī in SeptemberEthiopia · 102 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.0 mm rain
- Harar in SeptemberEthiopia · 161 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Dire Dawa in SeptemberEthiopia · 176 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Berbera in SeptemberSomalia · 181 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 28.9°C · 3.9 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.