Climate averages 1991–2020
Kismayo weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kismayo: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaambooni (178 km away). In January its highs average 31.7°C, about as warm as Kismayo, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kismayo ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest January highs and 13th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Kismayo is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 1.6 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kaambooni in JanuarySomalia · 178 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Garissa in JanuaryKenya · 323 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Marka in JanuarySomalia · 338 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Wajir in JanuaryKenya · 362 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Baidoa in JanuarySomalia · 405 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Mogadishu in JanuarySomalia · 410 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Malindi in JanuaryKenya · 417 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Kilifi in JanuaryKenya · 471 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 27 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.