How extreme does Djibouti's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Djibouti has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 29 years of daily weather observations (1996–present), from the Djibouti/Ambouli station 5 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Djibouti has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

122°F Jun 12, 2022

The three most extreme on record

1 122°F Jun 12, 2022recent

2 122°F Jun 17, 2022

3 122°F Aug 27, 2022

❄️ Coldest night

54°F Feb 5, 2018

The three most extreme on record

1 54°F Feb 5, 2018

2 64°F Jan 2, 2005

3 64°F Jan 2, 2015

🌧️ Most rain in one day

6.00 in Jul 25, 2006

The three most extreme on record

1 6.00 in Jul 25, 2006

2 5.00 in Mar 6, 2007

3 4.29 in May 20, 2018

In plain terms

Across the record, Djibouti has reached as high as 122°F and as low as 54°F. A single day has delivered over 6 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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