Bu’aale weather in August

In August, Bu’aale sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 8 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bu’aale's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bu’aale's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
8 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:13 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
63%
10th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Bu’aale is city in Somalia.

Density
582/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bu’aale reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Bu’aale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Bu’aale weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan37° / 25°71.511.92.0
Feb38° / 25°20.5121.5
Mar38° / 26°132.8121.4
Apr35° / 26°7814.3122.1
May33° / 25°6614.7123.2
Jun32° / 24°154.412.14.1
Jul32° / 23°82.512.14.4
Aug33° / 23°82.2124.1
Sep34° / 24°123123.6
Oct34° / 24°5910.5122.9
Nov33° / 25°10016.6122.9
Dec35° / 25°316.111.92.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bu’aale gets around 8 mm of rain over 2.2 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 7% and peaks near 8% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 70% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 18 km/h in August.

Across August, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:146:17
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bu’aale?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bu’aale for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bu’aale in August

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

In August, Bu’aale sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bu’aale in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bu’aale peaks around March 24 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 24UV 15Jun 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Bu’aale?

Bu’aale sits at 1.1°N, 42.6°E, 44 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Jilib, 70 km away.

JamaameBaardheereDiinsoorKismayoQoryooleyMarkaBuurhakaba

Topography around Bu’aale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bu’aale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 13 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m.

The land around Bu’aale is covered by shrubs (60%) within 3 km, shrubs (90%) within 16 km, and shrubs (96%) within 80 km.

3 km
13 m
16 km
24 m
80 km
142 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Jilib 70 km · Jamaame 114 km · Baardheere 144 km · Diinsoor 154 km · Kismayo 160 km · Qoryooley 230 km · Marka 253 km · Buurhakaba 253 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 Bu’aale (1.0833°, 42.5833°, elevation 44 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).