Berbera climate

Name: Berbera
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Berbera is warmest in June, with average highs of 39 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 21 °C. April is the wettest month (23 mm) and July the driest (0.9 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Berbera averages 112 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Somalia · population 242,344 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month June 39 °C
Coldest month January 21 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month April 23 mm
Least cloud September 22 % cloud
Hottest on record June 44 °C
Coldest on record January 17 °C
Warmest sea June 31 °C

What to expectBerbera through the year

Berbera has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in January to 39 °C in June, a swing of 10.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 206 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C, in June.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in July to 23 mm in April. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off Berbera is warmest in June at 31 °C and coldest in February at 26 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.1 °C	6 mm	37 %
February	27.5 °C	6 mm	38 %
March	28.9 °C	9 mm	34 %
April	30.6 °C	23 mm	37 %
May	34.4 °C	11 mm	34 %
June	38.6 °C	2 mm	39 %
July	38.5 °C	1 mm	36 %
August	38.1 °C	3 mm	28 %
September	36.8 °C	3 mm	22 %
October	31.6 °C	18 mm	27 %
November	29.1 °C	22 mm	25 %
December	27.6 °C	10 mm	30 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.1 °C	20.6 °C	23.9 °C	30.2 °C	16.7 °C	31	0
February	27.5 °C	21.3 °C	24.4 °C	30.2 °C	16.7 °C	28	0
March	28.9 °C	23.1 °C	25.9 °C	32.3 °C	17.8 °C	31	4
April	30.6 °C	25.3 °C	28.0 °C	36.6 °C	20.8 °C	30	20
May	34.4 °C	27.4 °C	30.9 °C	41.8 °C	22.7 °C	31	31
June	38.6 °C	30.2 °C	33.7 °C	43.8 °C	24.7 °C	30	30
July	38.5 °C	30.3 °C	33.9 °C	43.7 °C	27.3 °C	31	31
August	38.1 °C	30.6 °C	33.8 °C	43.1 °C	25.8 °C	31	31
September	36.8 °C	29.0 °C	32.5 °C	42.6 °C	21.7 °C	30	30
October	31.6 °C	24.9 °C	28.5 °C	37.0 °C	20.2 °C	31	24
November	29.1 °C	22.5 °C	26.0 °C	32.6 °C	18.5 °C	30	6
December	27.6 °C	21.0 °C	24.4 °C	29.8 °C	17.3 °C	31	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	6 mm	1	12 h/day	37 %	73 %	21 km/h	26.1 °C
February	6 mm	1	12 h/day	38 %	75 %	21 km/h	25.9 °C
March	9 mm	2	12 h/day	34 %	79 %	21 km/h	26.6 °C
April	23 mm	5	12 h/day	37 %	79 %	21 km/h	28.3 °C
May	11 mm	2	13 h/day	34 %	67 %	20 km/h	30.4 °C
June	2 mm	0	13 h/day	39 %	43 %	33 km/h	30.5 °C
July	1 mm	0	13 h/day	36 %	37 %	39 km/h	29.1 °C
August	3 mm	1	12 h/day	28 %	39 %	37 km/h	29.1 °C
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	22 %	52 %	27 km/h	30.5 °C
October	18 mm	4	12 h/day	27 %	68 %	19 km/h	30.4 °C
November	22 mm	3	12 h/day	25 %	70 %	20 km/h	28.5 °C
December	10 mm	2	12 h/day	30 %	71 %	20 km/h	27.0 °C

How Berbera compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Berbera	39 °C	21 °C	112 mm	365
Hargeysa · Somalia	31 °C	13 °C	208 mm	300
Borama · Somalia	31 °C	11 °C	272 mm	298
Djibouti · Djibouti	39 °C	22 °C	228 mm	365
Aden · Yemen	36 °C	22 °C	127 mm	365
Jijiga · Ethiopia	28 °C	12 °C	367 mm	217
Harar · Ethiopia	26 °C	12 °C	678 mm	88

Where Berbera ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in February	1st of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in January	1st of 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in December	2nd of 50	99/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in March	2nd of 50	99/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in June	2nd of 50	31 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May	2nd of 50	30 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Berbera.

QuestionsCommon questions about Berbera’s climate

When is the best time to visit Berbera?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, June is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Berbera get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 39 °C. About 206 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 44 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 21 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Berbera?

April, averaging 23 mm over 5 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 112 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Berbera rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 10.440°, 45.014° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.