Saylac weather in February

In February, Saylac sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 16 mm of rain across 3.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Saylac's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Saylac's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
3.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:32 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
41%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.8
out of 10

Saylac is town in Awdal, Somaliland.

Founded
~50 CE

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

Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical February day in Saylac reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C cooler than March.

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How February really feels in Saylac

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

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Saylac weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 24°258.411.47.3
Feb26° / 24°163.511.67.8
Mar28° / 25°164.111.97.5
Apr29° / 27°285.212.26.2
May32° / 29°284.412.54.8
Jun35° / 30°30.212.73.3
Jul36° / 31°30.912.62.5
Aug35° / 31°122.612.43.0
Sep34° / 30°91.912.14.1
Oct30° / 27°347.811.75.6
Nov28° / 25°388.111.56.8
Dec27° / 24°257.711.37.4

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Saylac gets around 16 mm of rain over 3.5 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 14% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2012
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Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the muggy band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11161280
21161280
31161280
41161280
51161280
61260280
71259290
81160290
91159300
101158310
111059310
121057330
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14956350
15854371
16754381
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18651421
19550441
20549451
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23446501
24344521
25343522
26342532
27340552
28339562

Wind in February

Winds average 15 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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516light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of February to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:346:05
211.56:346:05
311.56:346:06
411.56:346:06
511.56:346:06
611.56:346:07
711.66:346:07
811.66:346:07
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2711.76:276:12
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Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.49 kWh/m² in April across the year — February's 5.43 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Saylac

In seasonPeak

None of Saylac's seasonal hazards are active in February. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

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

Is February a good time to visit Saylac?

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

7.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

February is one of the better times to visit Saylac for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Saylac in February

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

In February, Saylac sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 24°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Saylac in February

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in February — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in June at about 31°C and coldest in February near 26°C.

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

24°26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan26Warm
Feb26Warm
Mar27Warm
Apr28Tropical
May30Tropical
Jun31Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep31Tropical
Oct30Tropical
Nov28Tropical
Dec27Warm

UV index in Saylac in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February 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 Saylac peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 11 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 23UV 13Dec 11UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Saylac 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 Saylac is worst in August — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.0× the cleanest month (November, 16 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorModerateAug 1349 µg/m³Nov 1417 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb25Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May24Moderate
Jun39Poor
Jul45Poor
Aug50Poor
Sep37Poor
Oct17Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Saylac?

Saylac sits at 11.4°N, 43.5°E, 6 m above sea level, in Somalia. The nearest listed city is Djibouti, 44 km away.

Ali SabihDikhilRuqi

Topography around Saylac

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Saylac has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 971 m.

The land around Saylac is covered by water (60%) and bare terrain (38%) within 3 km, water (64%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (53%) and water (45%) within 80 km.

3 km
6 m
16 km
38 m
80 km
971 m
shrubsgrasslandbare terrainwaterwetland
February weather nearby: Djibouti 44 km · Balbala 46 km · Arta 70 km · Obock 71 km · Tadjoura 80 km · Ali Sabih 86 km · Dikhil 123 km · Ruqi 154 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 Saylac (11.3539°, 43.4731°, elevation 6 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).