Hargeysa climate

Name: Hargeysa
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Hargeysa is warmest in June, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 13 °C. April is the wettest month (47 mm) and January the driest (2.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Hargeysa averages 208 mm of rain and 300 days above 25 °C.

Somalia · population 477,876 · 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 January 13 °C
Driest month January 2 mm
Wettest month April 47 mm
Least cloud September 34 % cloud
Hottest on record May 35 °C
Coldest on record December 7.6 °C

What to expectHargeysa through the year

Hargeysa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in January to 31 °C in June, a swing of 6.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 300 days a year reach 25 °C, 112 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in May.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 47 mm against 2 mm in January — 20 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.5 °C	2 mm	43 %
February	26.7 °C	4 mm	39 %
March	29.0 °C	19 mm	39 %
April	29.1 °C	47 mm	47 %
May	30.0 °C	36 mm	43 %
June	30.6 °C	6 mm	42 %
July	29.6 °C	17 mm	41 %
August	29.9 °C	19 mm	39 %
September	30.3 °C	14 mm	34 %
October	28.0 °C	28 mm	38 %
November	25.7 °C	13 mm	34 %
December	24.1 °C	4 mm	36 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.5 °C	13.4 °C	18.0 °C	30.2 °C	7.7 °C	12	0
February	26.7 °C	14.3 °C	19.5 °C	32.8 °C	8.1 °C	22	2
March	29.0 °C	16.7 °C	21.9 °C	33.1 °C	10.3 °C	30	10
April	29.1 °C	18.5 °C	23.2 °C	33.6 °C	13.0 °C	29	12
May	30.0 °C	19.3 °C	24.1 °C	34.7 °C	15.2 °C	31	15
June	30.6 °C	19.4 °C	24.3 °C	34.6 °C	17.2 °C	30	20
July	29.6 °C	18.9 °C	23.5 °C	34.2 °C	16.6 °C	31	13
August	29.9 °C	19.2 °C	23.8 °C	33.7 °C	16.1 °C	31	16
September	30.3 °C	19.7 °C	24.6 °C	33.9 °C	13.6 °C	30	18
October	28.0 °C	16.9 °C	21.9 °C	33.0 °C	11.9 °C	28	5
November	25.7 °C	14.6 °C	19.4 °C	31.0 °C	10.0 °C	19	0
December	24.1 °C	13.4 °C	17.9 °C	29.1 °C	7.6 °C	9	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	2 mm	1	12 h/day	43 %	73 %	21 km/h
February	4 mm	1	12 h/day	39 %	68 %	21 km/h
March	19 mm	3	12 h/day	39 %	64 %	20 km/h
April	47 mm	9	12 h/day	47 %	65 %	20 km/h
May	36 mm	7	13 h/day	43 %	62 %	25 km/h
June	6 mm	1	13 h/day	42 %	51 %	36 km/h
July	17 mm	3	13 h/day	41 %	51 %	39 km/h
August	19 mm	5	12 h/day	39 %	50 %	37 km/h
September	14 mm	3	12 h/day	34 %	48 %	31 km/h
October	28 mm	6	12 h/day	38 %	62 %	20 km/h
November	13 mm	3	12 h/day	34 %	69 %	20 km/h
December	4 mm	1	12 h/day	36 %	72 %	21 km/h

How Hargeysa 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
Hargeysa	31 °C	13 °C	208 mm	300
Borama · Somalia	31 °C	11 °C	272 mm	298
Jijiga · Ethiopia	28 °C	12 °C	367 mm	217
Berbera · Somalia	39 °C	21 °C	112 mm	365
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

Where Hargeysa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	35th of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	44th of 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Hargeysa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Hargeysa?

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

How hot does Hargeysa get?

In June, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 112 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Hargeysa?

April, averaging 47 mm over 9 days with rain. The driest month is January with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 208 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 Hargeysa 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: 9.560°, 44.065° (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.