Climate averages 1991–2020
Kismayo weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kismayo: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaambooni (178 km away). In April its highs average 31.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kismayo, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kismayo ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest April highs and joint 10th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Kismayo is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kismayo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 15 | 1.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 31.5°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| March | 32.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 9.4 | 2.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.2°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 73 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 30.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 89 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 33 | 10.1 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 21 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 19 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 18 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 39 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 31.2°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 69 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 31.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 35 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Kaambooni in AprilSomalia · 178 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Garissa in AprilKenya · 323 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Marka in AprilSomalia · 338 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 26.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Wajir in AprilKenya · 362 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Baidoa in AprilSomalia · 405 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Mogadishu in AprilSomalia · 410 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Malindi in AprilKenya · 417 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Kilifi in AprilKenya · 471 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 112 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kismayo) is explained once on the Kismayo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.