Borama climate

Name: Borama
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Borama is warmest in June, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 11 °C. April is the wettest month (62 mm) and December the driest (4.7 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Borama averages 272 mm of rain and 298 days above 25 °C.

Somalia · population 597,842 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month December 11 °C
Driest month December 5 mm
Wettest month April 62 mm
Least cloud November 30 % cloud
Hottest on record June 34 °C
Coldest on record February 4.9 °C

What to expectBorama through the year

Borama has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 24 °C in December to 31 °C in June, a swing of 6.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 298 days a year reach 25 °C, 85 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in June.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 62 mm against 5 mm in December — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.6 °C	10 mm	42 %
February	26.5 °C	7 mm	39 %
March	28.4 °C	31 mm	41 %
April	28.5 °C	62 mm	47 %
May	29.5 °C	33 mm	41 %
June	30.6 °C	6 mm	43 %
July	29.6 °C	28 mm	45 %
August	29.2 °C	39 mm	42 %
September	29.2 °C	14 mm	33 %
October	27.5 °C	21 mm	32 %
November	25.4 °C	17 mm	30 %
December	24.1 °C	5 mm	33 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.6 °C	11.8 °C	17.3 °C	29.1 °C	5.1 °C	13	0
February	26.5 °C	13.0 °C	18.8 °C	32.3 °C	4.9 °C	21	1
March	28.4 °C	15.5 °C	21.0 °C	33.7 °C	6.1 °C	29	8
April	28.5 °C	17.0 °C	22.0 °C	33.2 °C	10.6 °C	29	8
May	29.5 °C	17.4 °C	23.0 °C	33.9 °C	11.2 °C	31	14
June	30.6 °C	18.2 °C	23.7 °C	34.0 °C	13.3 °C	30	20
July	29.6 °C	18.0 °C	23.0 °C	33.7 °C	15.5 °C	30	14
August	29.2 °C	18.1 °C	22.9 °C	33.0 °C	14.8 °C	31	10
September	29.2 °C	18.0 °C	23.2 °C	32.5 °C	10.3 °C	30	8
October	27.5 °C	14.7 °C	20.6 °C	31.6 °C	8.9 °C	28	2
November	25.4 °C	12.4 °C	18.3 °C	30.5 °C	6.5 °C	18	0
December	24.1 °C	11.4 °C	17.0 °C	29.0 °C	5.8 °C	9	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	10 mm	2	12 h/day	42 %	67 %	18 km/h
February	7 mm	1	12 h/day	39 %	63 %	18 km/h
March	31 mm	5	12 h/day	41 %	62 %	18 km/h
April	62 mm	10	12 h/day	47 %	66 %	17 km/h
May	33 mm	6	13 h/day	41 %	62 %	17 km/h
June	6 mm	1	13 h/day	43 %	50 %	24 km/h
July	28 mm	8	13 h/day	45 %	51 %	27 km/h
August	39 mm	11	12 h/day	42 %	52 %	27 km/h
September	14 mm	4	12 h/day	33 %	51 %	22 km/h
October	21 mm	4	12 h/day	32 %	59 %	19 km/h
November	17 mm	2	12 h/day	30 %	63 %	19 km/h
December	5 mm	1	12 h/day	33 %	66 %	18 km/h

How Borama 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
Borama	31 °C	11 °C	272 mm	298
Jijiga · Ethiopia	28 °C	12 °C	367 mm	217
Hargeysa · Somalia	31 °C	13 °C	208 mm	300
Harar · Ethiopia	26 °C	12 °C	678 mm	88
Dire Dawa · Ethiopia	32 °C	14 °C	812 mm	346
Djibouti · Djibouti	39 °C	22 °C	228 mm	365
Berbera · Somalia	39 °C	21 °C	112 mm	365

Where Borama ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	24th of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	35th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	41st of 50	89/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Borama’s climate

When is the best time to visit Borama?

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

How hot does Borama get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 85 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Borama?

April, averaging 62 mm over 10 days with rain. The driest month is December with 5 mm. The year as a whole averages 272 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 Borama 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: 9.936°, 43.183° (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.