Balanbale weather in February

In February, Balanbale sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in February, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of February to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Balanbale's 1st-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balanbale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 34°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:17 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 27%; 1st clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 7.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical February day in Balanbale reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and about 1°C cooler than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	20
2	33	20
3	33	20
4	33	20
5	33	20
6	33	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	34	21
14	34	21
15	34	21
16	34	21
17	34	21
18	34	21
19	34	21
20	34	21
21	34	21
22	34	21
23	34	21
24	34	21
25	34	21
26	34	21
27	35	21
28	35	21

How February really feels in Balanbale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 28 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Balanbale weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 20°	0	0.1	11.7	4.8
Feb	34° / 21°	0	0	11.8	4.1
Mar	35° / 22°	3	0.7	12	3.2
Apr	34° / 24°	55	9	12.1	2.9
May	33° / 24°	45	8.2	12.3	3.5
Jun	33° / 23°	2	0.2	12.3	3.9
Jul	33° / 23°	1	0.3	12.3	4.3
Aug	33° / 22°	0	0	12.2	4.0
Sep	34° / 23°	3	0.7	12	3.6
Oct	32° / 23°	59	8.8	11.9	4.0
Nov	32° / 22°	37	6.1	11.7	4.7
Dec	32° / 21°	5	0.9	11.7	4.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in February, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	85	85	85	86	86
Cloudier (%)	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Balanbale gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in February, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the comfortable band about 48% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Dry (%)	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	37	36	35	34	33	31	30	29	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Comfortable (%)	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	51	52	52	51	50	50	49	48	47	46
Humid (%)	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	23	23	24
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	45	16	1
2	37	45	16	1
3	38	45	16	1
4	38	45	16	1
5	38	45	16	1
6	38	45	17	1
7	38	45	17	1
8	37	45	17	1
9	36	45	18	1
10	35	46	18	1
11	34	46	19	1
12	33	47	19	1
13	31	48	20	1
14	30	48	20	2
15	29	49	20	2
16	27	50	21	2
17	26	51	21	2
18	25	52	21	2
19	25	51	21	3
20	24	52	21	3
21	24	52	21	3
22	24	51	21	4
23	24	50	22	4
24	24	50	22	5
25	24	49	22	5
26	24	48	23	6
27	24	47	23	6
28	24	46	24	7

Wind in February

Winds average 18 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	18	light breeze
2	18	light breeze
3	18	light breeze
4	18	light breeze
5	18	light breeze
6	18	light breeze
7	18	light breeze
8	18	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	17	light breeze
14	17	light breeze
15	17	light breeze
16	17	light breeze
17	17	light breeze
18	17	light breeze
19	17	light breeze
20	17	light breeze
21	17	light breeze
22	17	light breeze
23	17	light breeze
24	17	light breeze
25	17	light breeze
26	17	light breeze
27	17	light breeze
28	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of February to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:07 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:18	6:03
2	11.8	6:18	6:03
3	11.8	6:18	6:04
4	11.8	6:18	6:04
5	11.8	6:18	6:04
6	11.8	6:18	6:04
7	11.8	6:18	6:05
8	11.8	6:18	6:05
9	11.8	6:18	6:05
10	11.8	6:18	6:05
11	11.8	6:18	6:05
12	11.8	6:18	6:05
13	11.8	6:17	6:06
14	11.8	6:17	6:06
15	11.8	6:17	6:06
16	11.8	6:17	6:06
17	11.8	6:17	6:06
18	11.8	6:17	6:06
19	11.8	6:16	6:06
20	11.8	6:16	6:06
21	11.8	6:16	6:06
22	11.8	6:16	6:07
23	11.9	6:16	6:07
24	11.9	6:15	6:07
25	11.9	6:15	6:07
26	11.9	6:15	6:07
27	11.9	6:14	6:07
28	11.9	6:14	6:07

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 7.04 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in March across the year — February's 7.04 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.8	Intense
2	6.8	Intense
3	6.9	Intense
4	6.9	Intense
5	6.9	Intense
6	6.9	Intense
7	6.9	Intense
8	6.9	Intense
9	7.0	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.0	Intense
14	7.0	Intense
15	7.0	Intense
16	7.0	Intense
17	7.0	Intense
18	7.1	Intense
19	7.1	Intense
20	7.1	Intense
21	7.1	Intense
22	7.1	Intense
23	7.1	Intense
24	7.1	Intense
25	7.1	Intense
26	7.2	Intense
27	7.2	Intense
28	7.2	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Balanbale?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

7.9

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Balanbale for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Balanbale in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Balanbale sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Balanbale in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balanbale peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 22 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	14	15	14	13	12	10	13	13	13	10	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Balanbale in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Balanbale is worst in February — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	18	14	10	8	13	16	13	12	10	11	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	18	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	10	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	11	Good
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Balanbale?

Balanbale sits at 5.8°N, 45.8°E, 330 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Kahandhale, 13 km away.

Topography around Balanbale

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Balanbale.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balanbale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 14 m around an average of 355 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 321 m.

The land around Balanbale is covered by shrubs (76%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (82%) within 16 km, and shrubs (84%) within 80 km.

3 km

14 m

shrubs 76%

16 km

59 m

shrubs 82%

80 km

321 m

shrubs 84%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← January Balanbale year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Kahandhale 13 km · Lasoano 68 km · Fadhigaradle 68 km · El Bahay 72 km · Raqo 73 km · Cabudwaaq 74 km · Digih Habar Es 79 km · Golwayn 82 km

Somalia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / G; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 52% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $661; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths: 27.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 399
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Balanbale (5.769°, 45.763°, elevation 330 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	20
2	33	20
3	33	20
4	33	20
5	33	20
6	33	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	34	21
14	34	21
15	34	21
16	34	21
17	34	21
18	34	21
19	34	21
20	34	21
21	34	21
22	34	21
23	34	21
24	34	21
25	34	21
26	34	21
27	35	21
28	35	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	45	16	1
2	37	45	16	1
3	38	45	16	1
4	38	45	16	1
5	38	45	16	1
6	38	45	17	1
7	38	45	17	1
8	37	45	17	1
9	36	45	18	1
10	35	46	18	1
11	34	46	19	1
12	33	47	19	1
13	31	48	20	1
14	30	48	20	2
15	29	49	20	2
16	27	50	21	2
17	26	51	21	2
18	25	52	21	2
19	25	51	21	3
20	24	52	21	3
21	24	52	21	3
22	24	51	21	4
23	24	50	22	4
24	24	50	22	5
25	24	49	22	5
26	24	48	23	6
27	24	47	23	6
28	24	46	24	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	20
2	33	20
3	33	20
4	33	20
5	33	20
6	33	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	34	21
14	34	21
15	34	21
16	34	21
17	34	21
18	34	21
19	34	21
20	34	21
21	34	21
22	34	21
23	34	21
24	34	21
25	34	21
26	34	21
27	35	21
28	35	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	45	16	1
2	37	45	16	1
3	38	45	16	1
4	38	45	16	1
5	38	45	16	1
6	38	45	17	1
7	38	45	17	1
8	37	45	17	1
9	36	45	18	1
10	35	46	18	1
11	34	46	19	1
12	33	47	19	1
13	31	48	20	1
14	30	48	20	2
15	29	49	20	2
16	27	50	21	2
17	26	51	21	2
18	25	52	21	2
19	25	51	21	3
20	24	52	21	3
21	24	52	21	3
22	24	51	21	4
23	24	50	22	4
24	24	50	22	5
25	24	49	22	5
26	24	48	23	6
27	24	47	23	6
28	24	46	24	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	20
2	33	20
3	33	20
4	33	20
5	33	20
6	33	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	34	20
10	34	20
11	34	20
12	34	20
13	34	21
14	34	21
15	34	21
16	34	21
17	34	21
18	34	21
19	34	21
20	34	21
21	34	21
22	34	21
23	34	21
24	34	21
25	34	21
26	34	21
27	35	21
28	35	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	84	16
2	84	16
3	84	16
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	82	18
8	82	18
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	83	17
22	83	17
23	84	16
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	86	14
28	86	14

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	37	45	16	1
2	37	45	16	1
3	38	45	16	1
4	38	45	16	1
5	38	45	16	1
6	38	45	17	1
7	38	45	17	1
8	37	45	17	1
9	36	45	18	1
10	35	46	18	1
11	34	46	19	1
12	33	47	19	1
13	31	48	20	1
14	30	48	20	2
15	29	49	20	2
16	27	50	21	2
17	26	51	21	2
18	25	52	21	2
19	25	51	21	3
20	24	52	21	3
21	24	52	21	3
22	24	51	21	4
23	24	50	22	4
24	24	50	22	5
25	24	49	22	5
26	24	48	23	6
27	24	47	23	6
28	24	46	24	7