Mogadishu climate

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Mogadishu is warmest in March, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 23 °C. May is the wettest month (72 mm) and February the driest (0.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mogadishu averages 436 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Somalia · population 2,587,183 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 31 °C
Coldest month August 23 °C
Driest month February 1 mm
Wettest month May 72 mm
Least cloud January 35 % cloud
Hottest on record January 34 °C
Coldest on record January 22 °C
Warmest sea April 29 °C

What to expectMogadishu through the year

Mogadishu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in August to 31 °C in March, a swing of 3.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 139 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 72 mm against 1 mm in February — 93 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Mogadishu is warmest in April at 29 °C and coldest in August at 25 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.5 °C	7 mm	35 %
February	30.8 °C	1 mm	36 %
March	31.1 °C	7 mm	39 %
April	31.0 °C	57 mm	51 %
May	29.5 °C	72 mm	54 %
June	28.1 °C	47 mm	64 %
July	27.2 °C	48 mm	67 %
August	27.3 °C	37 mm	59 %
September	28.2 °C	24 mm	47 %
October	29.0 °C	43 mm	48 %
November	29.4 °C	65 mm	45 %
December	30.2 °C	28 mm	36 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.5 °C	24.3 °C	26.6 °C	33.8 °C	21.7 °C	31	24
February	30.8 °C	24.5 °C	26.8 °C	33.6 °C	22.1 °C	28	24
March	31.1 °C	25.7 °C	27.8 °C	33.6 °C	23.3 °C	31	29
April	31.0 °C	26.1 °C	28.2 °C	33.3 °C	22.5 °C	30	26
May	29.5 °C	25.5 °C	27.2 °C	32.6 °C	23.5 °C	31	8
June	28.1 °C	24.5 °C	26.0 °C	30.6 °C	22.6 °C	30	0
July	27.2 °C	23.6 °C	25.1 °C	29.5 °C	22.0 °C	31	0
August	27.3 °C	23.5 °C	25.1 °C	29.8 °C	22.0 °C	31	0
September	28.2 °C	24.0 °C	25.7 °C	30.2 °C	22.3 °C	30	0
October	29.0 °C	24.6 °C	26.4 °C	31.3 °C	22.8 °C	31	3
November	29.4 °C	24.8 °C	26.7 °C	32.3 °C	22.3 °C	30	7
December	30.2 °C	24.8 °C	26.9 °C	33.8 °C	22.1 °C	31	19

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	7 mm	1	12 h/day	35 %	73 %	28 km/h	26.6 °C
February	1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	73 %	28 km/h	26.6 °C
March	7 mm	2	12 h/day	39 %	74 %	24 km/h	27.8 °C
April	57 mm	11	12 h/day	51 %	75 %	18 km/h	28.9 °C
May	72 mm	17	12 h/day	54 %	80 %	22 km/h	28.1 °C
June	47 mm	15	12 h/day	64 %	79 %	28 km/h	26.7 °C
July	48 mm	15	12 h/day	67 %	79 %	29 km/h	25.6 °C
August	37 mm	12	12 h/day	59 %	79 %	28 km/h	25.3 °C
September	24 mm	6	12 h/day	47 %	79 %	26 km/h	25.7 °C
October	43 mm	9	12 h/day	48 %	79 %	20 km/h	26.6 °C
November	65 mm	13	12 h/day	45 %	80 %	17 km/h	27.5 °C
December	28 mm	5	12 h/day	36 %	76 %	24 km/h	27.3 °C

Where Mogadishu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in January	7th of 50	95/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in February	9th of 50	94/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in March	9th of 50	91/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	14th of 50	29 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in December	15th of 50	90/100
Best beach destinations in Africa year-round	21st of 50	83/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Mogadishu.

QuestionsCommon questions about Mogadishu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mogadishu?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Mogadishu get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 139 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mogadishu?

May, averaging 72 mm over 17 days with rain. The driest month is February with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 436 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Mogadishu rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: 2.037°, 45.344° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.