El Dibir climate — normals and trends
El Dibir (Somalia) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 114 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is June (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (23.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
El Dibir averages 0 frost days, 150 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 28 rainy days per year.
El Dibir has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 29 June 2024) and the coldest 19.3 °C (on 3 January 1949).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
El DibirBari
- coords
- 11.77°, 51.22°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.5°C
Average daily high
28.8°C
Average daily low
24.8°C
Annual rainfall
114mm
Sunshine / day
10.9h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
19.1km/h
Seasonal range
6.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
150 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
28 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.0 °C
Average feels-like low
26.9 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
365 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+0.9 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
35.8 °C
29 June 2024
Coldest day
19.3 °C
3 January 1949
Wettest day
152 mm
20 May 2010
Windiest day
45.2 km/h
21 October 2008
Strongest gust
90.0 km/h
21 October 2008
Hottest feels-like
41.3 °C
13 May 1998
Coldest feels-like
16.7 °C
3 January 1949
Sunniest day
12.2 h
24 April 1944
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.7 °C | 0.0 °C | 4 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 25.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 2 mm | -5 mm |
| Mar | 27.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 2 mm | -2 mm |
| Apr | 29.9 °C | +0.5 °C | 4 mm | -1 mm |
| May | 32.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| Jun | 33.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 33.5 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 31.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 31.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -2 mm |
| Oct | 29.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 26.8 °C | +0.2 °C | 9 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 25.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 25 mm | -6 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of El Dibir?
El Dibir has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 114 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in El Dibir?
The hottest day measured in El Dibir between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 2024, reaching 35.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in El Dibir?
The coldest day measured in El Dibir between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1949, at 19.3 °C.
Does it snow in El Dibir?
Almost never: El Dibir sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of El Dibir warmed?
Yes: El Dibir warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in El Dibir?
The wettest day measured in El Dibir between 1940 and 2025 was 20 May 2010, with 152 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in El Dibir?
The windiest day measured in El Dibir between 1940 and 2025 was 21 October 2008, with winds reaching 45.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in El Dibir?
The warmest month in El Dibir is June (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (23.3 °C).
How much does it rain in El Dibir?
El Dibir receives on average 114 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 28 rainy days.
Is it sunny in El Dibir?
El Dibir gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in El Dibir?
Yes: El Dibir has on average 365 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in El Dibir?
In El Dibir, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 13 May 1998, and the lowest was 16.7 °C on 3 January 1949.
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