El Dibir climate

Name: El Dibir
Address: SO

El Dibir is warmest in July, with average highs of 35 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 22 °C. December is the wettest month (39 mm) and July the driest (0.6 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year El Dibir averages 130 mm of rain and 359 days above 25 °C.

Somalia · population 200,000 · 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 July 35 °C
Coldest month January 22 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month December 39 mm
Least cloud March 19 % cloud
Hottest on record July 39 °C
Coldest on record January 18 °C
Warmest sea June 30 °C

What to expectEl Dibir through the year

El Dibir has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in January to 35 °C in July, a swing of 6.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 359 days a year reach 25 °C, 200 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 1 mm in July to 39 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

The sea off El Dibir is warmest in June at 30 °C and coldest in January 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	26.0 °C	14 mm	41 %
February	27.0 °C	4 mm	29 %
March	29.2 °C	2 mm	19 %
April	31.2 °C	3 mm	21 %
May	32.8 °C	15 mm	32 %
June	34.4 °C	1 mm	47 %
July	34.8 °C	1 mm	43 %
August	34.0 °C	1 mm	31 %
September	32.6 °C	2 mm	24 %
October	29.7 °C	12 mm	26 %
November	27.8 °C	37 mm	35 %
December	26.6 °C	39 mm	41 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.0 °C	22.2 °C	24.1 °C	28.5 °C	17.8 °C	27	0
February	27.0 °C	22.2 °C	24.6 °C	30.2 °C	18.8 °C	27	0
March	29.2 °C	23.8 °C	26.3 °C	33.9 °C	19.9 °C	31	8
April	31.2 °C	25.8 °C	28.3 °C	34.8 °C	21.6 °C	30	27
May	32.8 °C	27.4 °C	29.9 °C	37.8 °C	24.8 °C	31	31
June	34.4 °C	28.4 °C	30.9 °C	39.0 °C	25.6 °C	30	30
July	34.8 °C	28.1 °C	30.8 °C	39.3 °C	24.5 °C	31	31
August	34.0 °C	27.3 °C	29.9 °C	38.4 °C	25.2 °C	31	31
September	32.6 °C	26.5 °C	29.0 °C	37.9 °C	21.1 °C	30	29
October	29.7 °C	24.6 °C	27.0 °C	36.6 °C	20.4 °C	31	13
November	27.8 °C	23.7 °C	25.8 °C	31.7 °C	20.9 °C	30	0
December	26.6 °C	23.0 °C	24.8 °C	28.6 °C	18.4 °C	30	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	14 mm	3	12 h/day	41 %	70 %	18 km/h	25.6 °C
February	4 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	70 %	17 km/h	25.7 °C
March	2 mm	1	12 h/day	19 %	72 %	18 km/h	26.4 °C
April	3 mm	1	12 h/day	21 %	73 %	17 km/h	27.6 °C
May	15 mm	1	13 h/day	32 %	73 %	15 km/h	29.0 °C
June	1 mm	0	13 h/day	47 %	60 %	15 km/h	29.6 °C
July	1 mm	0	13 h/day	43 %	55 %	19 km/h	29.2 °C
August	1 mm	0	13 h/day	31 %	61 %	18 km/h	28.6 °C
September	2 mm	1	12 h/day	24 %	69 %	15 km/h	28.8 °C
October	12 mm	2	12 h/day	26 %	75 %	15 km/h	27.1 °C
November	37 mm	6	12 h/day	35 %	75 %	16 km/h	26.7 °C
December	39 mm	6	11 h/day	41 %	71 %	18 km/h	26.1 °C

Where El Dibir ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in February	2ndof 50	100/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in January	2ndof 50	98/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in March	3rdof 50	98/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in July	3rdof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in June	3rdof 50	30 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in September	4thof 50	29 °C

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit El Dibir.

QuestionsCommon questions about El Dibir’s climate

When is the best time to visit El Dibir?

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, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does El Dibir get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 35 °C. About 200 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 39 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in El Dibir?

December, averaging 39 mm over 6 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 130 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 El Dibir 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
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.