Bosaso weather in June

In June, Bosaso sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 30°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in June, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of June to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Bosaso's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bosaso's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
30°
10th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:24 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
42%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Bosaso is city in Puntland, Somalia.

Density
6,191/km²
people per km²
Founded
1400

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month.

A typical June day in Bosaso reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 30°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 35°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C warmer than May and on par with July.

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How June really feels in Bosaso

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Bosaso weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 20°10.311.48.8
Feb27° / 21°20.211.68.6
Mar30° / 23°20.511.96.8
Apr32° / 25°71.512.25.1
May34° / 28°71.812.53.9
Jun36° / 30°20.112.62.4
Jul37° / 30°0012.62.2
Aug36° / 30°0012.42.4
Sep35° / 29°0012.13.2
Oct31° / 24°81.811.76.0
Nov28° / 22°132.211.57.8
Dec27° / 21°101.411.48.6

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in June, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17426
27327
37327
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57129
67129
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Bosaso gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in June. 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 2% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the humid band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 39% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
101849311
202051281
302351251
402651221
503050201
603349171
703748151
804046130
904445110
100484390
110524170
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211782100
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Wind in June

Winds average 17 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. Calmer and breezier days trade off through the month.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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312light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of June to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:22 AM to 5:27 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:225:59
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312.65:226:00
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.15 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.15 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in April across the year — June's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Bosaso

In seasonPeak

In June, Bosaso sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bosaso sees seasonal dust haze (June–August), heaviest in July.

Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Bosaso?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bosaso.

What to pack for Bosaso in June

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

In June, Bosaso sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 30°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Bosaso in June

The nearest coast averages about 31°C in June — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in June at about 31°C and coldest in January near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr28Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep31Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov27Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Bosaso in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bosaso peaks around April 12 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highApr 12UV 14Dec 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bosaso in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Bosaso is worst in July — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.2× the cleanest month (April, 13 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateJul 1540 µg/m³Apr 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun33Moderate
Jul41Poor
Aug30Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bosaso?

Bosaso sits at 11.3°N, 49.2°E, 12 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Qandala, 78 km away.

CeerigaaboEl DibirGarooweLaascaanoodEyl

Topography around Bosaso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bosaso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,101 m.

The land around Bosaso is covered by water (39%), bare terrain (36%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (52%) and water (46%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (50%) and water (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
514 m
80 km
2,101 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
June weather nearby: Qandala 78 km · Ceerigaabo 211 km · El Dibir 228 km · Garoowe 329 km · Mukalla 362 km · Laascaanood 370 km · Eyl 374 km · Ghayl Bā Wazīr 389 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
Muslim 100%ethnic religionist 0%

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 Bosaso (11.2842°, 49.1816°, elevation 12 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).