Climate and average weather in Dhamas

In Dhamas, the weather is sweltering, showery, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near sweltering levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.

Best: mid May to early October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Dhamas typically varies from 22°C to 35°C, and is rarely below 20°C or above 37°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while July is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Dhamas for warm-weather activities are from mid May to early October and late November to late December.

Hottest
Feb
35°
Coldest
Jul
22°
Wettest
Apr
92 mm
Driest
Feb
2 mm
Rain / yr
331 mm
51 wet days
Daylight
11.8–12.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
400 m
3.2°N
Clearest
Jan
31% cloud

Dhamas weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to early October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Dhamas, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Dhamas stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 35°C and low of 23°C; the coolest is July, with an average low of 22°C and high of 30°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 12°C) in February.

15°20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan3423
Feb3523
Mar3524
Apr3224
May3123
Jun3122
Jul3022
Aug3122
Sep3222
Oct3122
Nov3022
Dec3222

How hot and cold Dhamas really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Dhamas feels like about 36°C (around March 24). About 252 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in March.

20°25°30°35°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°C)Air high (°C)Feels-like low (°C)Air low (°C)
Jan34342223
Feb35352323
Mar35352424
Apr35322424
May33312323
Jun31312222
Jul30302222
Aug31312222
Sep32322222
Oct32312222
Nov32302222
Dec32322222

Average hourly temperature in Dhamas

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 35°C, and coldest before dawn in July, near 22°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Dhamas weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 23°30.811.84.0
Feb35° / 23°20.411.93.2
Mar35° / 24°203123.0
Apr32° / 24°9213.812.13.5
May31° / 23°235.812.14.7
Jun31° / 22°30.512.25.4
Jul30° / 22°30.912.25.8
Aug31° / 22°20.712.15.4
Sep32° / 22°20.5125.0
Oct31° / 22°718.711.94.5
Nov30° / 22°9113.311.94.5
Dec32° / 22°183.111.84.8

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Dhamas gets about 331 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 1.9 months, from around Mar 23 to May 20, peaking in April at about 51% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Sep 7.

April is the wettest month by volume, with 92 mm over about 14 wet days; February is the driest, with 2 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetApr 20 · 51%Sep 7 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan31
Feb20
Mar103
Apr4314
May206
Jun31
Jul31
Aug21
Sep21
Oct289
Nov4313
Dec113

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Dhamas collects about 331 mm of rain across 51 wet days — roughly 28 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 92 mm, while February is the driest at just 2 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 77% of the year’s total.

0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec322092233322719118
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan31
Feb20
Mar203
Apr9214
May236
Jun31
Jul31
Aug21
Sep21
Oct719
Nov9113
Dec183

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Dhamas, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around November 12 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around April 12. The clearest month is December, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 81% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around May 27 and lasts for 3.5 months, ending around September 9. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 84% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecDec 22 · 83%Jul 12 · 15%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastclearercloudierclearer
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan8020
Feb8020
Mar7525
Apr5743
May6040
Jun2872
Jul1684
Aug3070
Sep6337
Oct6139
Nov6238
Dec8119

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Dhamas barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 12 min of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan11.86:296:19
Feb11.96:326:26
Mar12.06:256:24
Apr12.16:136:17
May12.16:076:15
Jun12.26:096:20
Jul12.26:156:25
Aug12.16:166:22
Sep12.06:086:09
Oct11.96:025:58
Nov11.96:045:56
Dec11.86:166:05

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Dhamas averages about 11 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 20 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.5 months, from around Nov 21 to Apr 6. The sunniest month is December, with roughly 19 sunny days (bright).

The greyest month is July, down near 2 sunny days — about 90% fewer than the December peak.

0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedbrightbrilliantDec 2620 daysJul 112 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan20Bright
Feb17Bright
Mar17Bright
Apr9Mixed
May10Mixed
Jun4Gloomy
Jul2Gloomy
Aug4Gloomy
Sep13Mixed
Oct9Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec19Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Dhamas, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.5 months, from around March 16 to June 29. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 15 to March 15, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 78% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 5 · 84%May 1 · 0%oppressivehumidmuggycomfortabledrycomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan48291661
Feb41371741
Mar122636196
Apr03164238
May02245717
Jun02363140
Jul2564120
Aug3653110
Sep2583460
Oct014364010
Nov13155823
Dec232124285

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Dhamas is typically light breeze, near 15 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.0 months, from around May 12 to Oct 9. The windiest month is July, averaging about 22 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Oct 10 to May 11, with November the calmest month at about 9 km/h.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezebreezywindyJul 19 · 23 km/hNov 12 · 8 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan12light breeze
Feb12light breeze
Mar11calm
Apr11calm
May16light breeze
Jun21breezy
Jul22breezy
Aug22breezy
Sep20light breeze
Oct13light breeze
Nov9calm
Dec10calm

Best time to visit Dhamas

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Dhamas throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late September, Dhamas is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Dhamas for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid May to early October and again from late November to late December, with a peak score in the second week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 12 · 5.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.0fair
Feb3.2poor
Mar3.0poor
Apr3.5fair
May4.7fair
Jun5.4fair
Jul5.8good
Aug5.4fair
Sep5.0fair
Oct4.5fair
Nov4.5fair
Dec4.7fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Dhamas for hot-weather activities run from early May to late October and again from mid November to late March, with a peak score in the third week of September.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 16 · 8.0

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Dhamas, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Dhamas packs about the same all year — highs hold near 35°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, sun protection and a windbreaker.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Dhamas sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

UV index (midday) in Dhamas by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dhamas peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 19UV 15Jun 20UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Dhamas

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan86
Feb86.5
Mar86.5
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun85.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug86
Sep86
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec7.55.5
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Dhamas is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Dhamas banks about 6,287 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around March.

02,0004,0006,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan562
Feb535
Mar605
Apr538
May533
Jun493
Jul486
Aug498
Sep507
Oct523
Nov483
Dec525

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Dhamas receives about 5.7 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.6 and 7.0 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.0 months, from around Dec 9 to Apr 9. The brightest month is February, averaging about 7.0 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is July, down near 4.6 kWh/m² — roughly 34% less than the February peak.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 207.0 kWhJul 114.6 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan6.7Intense
Feb7.1Intense
Mar6.6Intense
Apr5.5Bright
May5.5Bright
Jun4.8Bright
Jul4.6Bright
Aug5.2Bright
Sep6.1Intense
Oct5.3Bright
Nov5.0Bright
Dec6.0Bright

Where is Dhamas?

Dhamas sits at 3.2°N, 41.3°E, 400 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Lafey, 17 km away.

RamuManderaBeled HawoTakabaBaardheereLuuq

Topography around Dhamas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dhamas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 657 m.

The land around Dhamas is covered by shrubs (94%) within 3 km, shrubs (99%) within 16 km, and shrubs (98%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
199 m
80 km
657 m
shrubsgrassland
Nearby: Lafey 17 km · El Wak 59 km · Ramu 87 km · Mandera 105 km · Beled Hawo 105 km · Takaba 126 km · Baardheere 138 km · Luuq 152 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 Dhamas (3.153°, 41.3357°, elevation 400 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).