Gaalkacyo weather in June

In June, Gaalkacyo sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-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 26% of the time in June, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of June to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Gaalkacyo's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gaalkacyo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:39 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
62%
11th clearest
Wind
29 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Gaalkacyo is city in Puntland.

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 34°C through the month.

A typical June day in Gaalkacyo reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How June really feels in Gaalkacyo

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.

Gaalkacyo weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°00.111.75.0
Feb33° / 20°0011.84.4
Mar34° / 22°20.6123.6
Apr34° / 24°447.612.13.4
May33° / 25°458.512.33.4
Jun34° / 24°20.212.43.7
Jul33° / 24°00.112.44.1
Aug34° / 23°0012.23.8
Sep34° / 23°40.7123.6
Oct32° / 23°448.211.84.2
Nov32° / 22°274.611.74.7
Dec33° / 21°61.111.64.8

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25842
35644
45446
55248
65149
74852
84654
94456
104258
114159
124060
133862
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Gaalkacyo gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.2 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 1% and peaks near 5% 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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10852319
20855298
30958276
401059265
501062244
601163233
701264213
801366192
901368181
1001469161
1101569151
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180226990
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200246880
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230286660
240306460
250326350
260336250
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281375840
291395640
301415440

Wind in June

Winds average 29 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 24 km/h on the calmest days to 31 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of June to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:375:59
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412.45:375:59
512.45:376:00
612.45:376:00
712.45:376:00
812.45:386:00
912.45:386:01
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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 5.1 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.07 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in March across the year — June's 5.1 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 Gaalkacyo

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Is June a good time to visit Gaalkacyo?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
7.2
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gaalkacyo. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gaalkacyo in June

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

In June, Gaalkacyo sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and a windbreaker. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothesa windbreakersun protection

UV index in Gaalkacyo in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June 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 Gaalkacyo peaks around April 10 at about 14 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeApr 10UV 14Nov 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Gaalkacyo 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 Gaalkacyo is worst in July — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (October, 13 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJul 1831 µg/m³Apr 2213 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul32Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gaalkacyo?

Gaalkacyo sits at 6.8°N, 47.4°E, 288 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Saaxo, 70 km away.

QorofDhabadWaalCabudwaaqYamarugleyDigih Habar EsRaqo

Topography around Gaalkacyo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gaalkacyo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 287 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m.

The land around Gaalkacyo is covered by bare terrain (45%), grassland (31%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and shrubs (61%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
16 m
16 km
62 m
80 km
343 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
June weather nearby: Saaxo 70 km · Qorof 112 km · Dhabad 113 km · Waal 135 km · Cabudwaaq 145 km · Yamarugley 149 km · Digih Habar Es 164 km · Raqo 179 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 Gaalkacyo (6.7697°, 47.4308°, elevation 288 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).