Climate averages 1991–2020
Kismayo weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Kismayo: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaambooni (178 km away). In December its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Kismayo, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kismayo ranks 3rd of 14 for the warmest December highs and 14th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 28.2°C; Kismayo is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kaambooni in DecemberSomalia · 178 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Garissa in DecemberKenya · 323 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Marka in DecemberSomalia · 338 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Wajir in DecemberKenya · 362 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Baidoa in DecemberSomalia · 405 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Mogadishu in DecemberSomalia · 410 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Malindi in DecemberKenya · 417 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Kilifi in DecemberKenya · 471 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 65 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.