DjiboutiIsland

Siyyân H̱imâr

An island in the Red Sea.

When to go

In numbers

31°C

Warmest sea

September

3km

To the mainland

When to go to Siyyân H̱imâr

Best for the beach from November to March.

The sea is warmest in September (31 °C) and coolest in February (26 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

26°28°21°

Jan1

26°28°21°

Feb1

26°31°22°

Mar4

28°33°25°

Apr7

30°36°27°

May6

30°38°28°

Jun2

30°38°29°

Jul8

30°37°29°

Aug10

31°36°28°

Sep7

30°33°25°

Oct4

28°30°23°

Nov2

27°28°22°

Dec2

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Reef in Djibouti

Siyyân H̱imâr is an island in Djibouti. The nearest mainland is 3 km away.

Getting there

Djibouti-Ambouli Airport (JIB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 109 km in a straight lineCar hire at JIB airport (Djibouti City)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
3 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From November to Marchbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	28	28	31	33	36	38	38	37	36	33	30	28
Night low (°C)	21	21	22	25	27	28	29	29	28	25	23	22
Sea (°C)	26	26	26	28	30	30	30	30	31	30	28	27
Rain (mm)	4	5	12	39	24	13	28	39	37	18	5	11
Wet days	1	1	4	7	6	2	8	10	7	4	2	2
Sun h/day	7.9	8.6	9.1	9.5	9.7	8.7	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.4	9.1	8.4
Wind (km/h)	27	28	26	24	17	19	24	21	16	20	25	26

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.5	+0.4	+0.3	+0.6	+0.7	+0.3	+0.8	−0.1	+0.6	+0.4	−0.2	+0.1
2021	−0.1	−0.1	+0.1	−0.2	−0.6	−0.2	−0.4	−0.2	+0.4	+0.6	+1.0	+0.5
2022	+0.6	+0.5	+0.2	+0.3	−0.1	+0.6	±0.0	−0.2	+0.1	+0.6	+0.1	+0.3
2023	+0.6	+0.6	+0.3	+0.5	+0.3	+0.5	+0.9	+0.9	+1.4	+0.9	+1.0	+0.5
2024	+0.9	+1.6	+1.1	+0.9	+0.7	+0.4	+0.7	+1.0	+1.1	+1.2	+0.5	+0.7
2025	+0.1	+0.2	±0.0	−0.3	−0.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.4	+0.7	±0.0	±0.0	−0.4

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q7533390) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons