Garowe weather by month & the best time to visit
🇸🇴 Somalia · small town · hot desert climate
The best time to visit Garowe is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 100/100), with December and February close behind. Garowe averages about 3,762 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,762
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 100/100
- Rain / year
- 131 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 57k
- Elevation
- 444 m
When is the best time to visit Garowe?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Garowe is January, then December and February. The dullest month is April (67/100, 25 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Garowe?
Garowe is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,762 hours of sunshine a year. January (100/100) is noticeably better than April (67). It ranks #2 of 7 destinations in Somalia for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,309 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around May, carries about 53% of the annual 131 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 100 | 31° / 88°F | 16° / 61°F | 1 mm | 11 |
| February | 90 | 33° / 91°F | 17° / 63°F | 1 mm | 12 |
| March | 80 | 34° / 93°F | 19° / 66°F | 3 mm | 13 |
| April | 67 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 25 mm | 13 |
| May | 67 | 35° / 95°F | 24° / 75°F | 23 mm | 12 |
| June | 67 | 35° / 95°F | 23° / 73°F | 22 mm | 11 |
| July | 80 | 34° / 93°F | 23° / 73°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| August | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 6 mm | 12 |
| September | 68 | 35° / 95°F | 23° / 73°F | 13 mm | 12 |
| October | 77 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 20 mm | 12 |
| November | 88 | 33° / 91°F | 19° / 66°F | 14 mm | 11 |
| December | 100 | 32° / 90°F | 17° / 63°F | 2 mm | 10 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Aden Yemen · 621 km · best in Feb · 3,336 h sun/yr
- Djibouti Djibouti · 685 km · best in Jan · 3,064 h sun/yr
- Mogadishu Somalia · 802 km · best in Sep · 3,195 h sun/yr
- Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 1,075 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Najran Saudi Arabia · 1,112 km · best in Jan · 3,871 h sun/yr
- Salalah Oman · 1,126 km · best in Jan · 3,585 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Galcaio Somalia · 223 km · 3,580 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Bosaso Somalia · 319 km · 3,291 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Berbera Somalia · 452 km · 3,189 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Shilavo Ethiopia · 496 km · 3,320 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Hargeisa Somalia · 506 km · 3,807 h sun/yr · best in Jan
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