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Barometric pressure in Djibouti

1006hPa
Rising

Day to day, pressure has risen slowly. It stands 1 hPa higher than it did at this time yesterday. The move has ended; it stays near this level for the coming days.

Sea level reading, as of 18:00 local time.

The past week and the days ahead

The shaded part shows the days already gone. The thicker line is the forecast. The thin grey line is the average over a whole day, so you can see where pressure is heading under the daily up and down.

now41° / 32°40° / 32°41° / 32°40° / 31°39° / 33°44° / 33°41° / 30°44° / 34°45° / 33°45° / 33°45° / 33°45° / 33°45° / 34°Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 291000.01002.51005.01007.51010.01012.5
The forecast runs 7 days ahead.

The week ahead

Each day at a glance: how far pressure moves, and the low and high it reaches.

TodayAug 23 −1 hPa

Climbs in the morning, then settles back.

Mainly clear41° / 30°0.6 mm

low 1005 · high 1011 hPa

MonAug 24 0 hPa

Dips in the afternoon, and comes back by the end of the day.

Mainly clear44° / 34°

low 1003 · high 1009 hPa

TueAug 25 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky45° / 33°

low 1003 · high 1008 hPa

WedAug 26 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky45° / 33°

low 1003 · high 1008 hPa

ThuAug 27 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Light drizzle45° / 33°0.6 mm

low 1003 · high 1009 hPa

FriAug 28 −1 hPa

The same daily dip.

Clear sky45° / 33°

low 1002 · high 1008 hPa

SatAug 29 0 hPa

The same daily dip.

Overcast45° / 34°

low 1002 · high 1007 hPa

Hour by hour
Today Aug 23
HourWeather and temperatureRain (mm)Pressure (hPa)
00:00Clear sky35°1008
01:00Mainly clear34°1008
02:00Partly cloudy33°1008
03:00Overcast32°1008
04:00Light drizzle31°0.21009
05:00Light drizzle30°0.21009
06:00Light drizzle30°0.21010
07:00Mainly clear32°1010
08:00Mainly clear34°1011
09:00Mainly clear36°1011
10:00Mainly clear37°1010
11:00Mainly clear38°1010
12:00Mainly clear39°1009
13:00Mainly clear40°1008
14:00Mainly clear41°1007
15:00Mainly clear41°1006
16:00Mainly clear40°1006
17:00Clear sky40°1005
18:00Clear sky39°1006
19:00Clear sky38°1006
20:00Clear sky37°1007
21:00Clear sky37°1008
22:00Clear sky36°1008
23:00Clear sky36°1007

A quiet week, with no day moving more than 6 hPa.

What happens next

The forecast shows no big move in either direction this week.

The daily rhythm

In Djibouti pressure moves on a daily clock: about 5 hPa between its regular low and high, at much the same hours every day. That daily swing is most of the shape you see on the graph, so the change since yesterday tells you more here than the change over the past few hours.

Your own barometer

Djibouti is at sea level, so a barometer there reads about the same as the sea-level figure.

The hours already past are the model's record of each hour as it passed, anchored to real observations, though not a reading from an instrument in Djibouti.

Cities nearby

Open one to see its pressure, or search for your own city at the top of the page.

Is this weather normal for the season? See how these days compare with Djibouti weather since 1940, on our sister site weatherjourney.com.

Common questions

What is a normal barometric pressure?

Near 1013 hPa at sea level; the exact standard figure, 1013.25 hPa, is the same as 760 mmHg, 29.92 inHg or 101.3 kPa. Anything between roughly 1000 and 1025 hPa is ordinary. Which way it is going matters far more than the number itself.

Why does my own barometer show a different number?

Usually altitude. Weather services correct readings to what they would be at sea level, so that cities can be compared. Djibouti is at sea level, so there is almost nothing to correct and the two figures agree.

Is a millibar the same as a hectopascal?

Yes. One millibar and one hectopascal are exactly the same amount of pressure, so 1013 mbar and 1013 hPa mean the same thing. The name changed; the number did not.

Does falling pressure mean rain?

Not by itself. Away from the tropics, falling pressure usually means a low is approaching, and lows carry the fronts that bring cloud and rain, so the two often arrive together. But a shallow fall can pass with nothing more than cloud, and rain falls under steady pressure too. The graph tells you a system is on the way, not how wet it will be. The week ahead, just above, shows the rain forecast beside the pressure.