Climate averages 1991–2020
Kismayo weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Kismayo: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaambooni (178 km away). In March its highs average 32.7°C, about as warm as Kismayo, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kismayo ranks 4th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; Kismayo is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 32.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.4 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kaambooni in MarchSomalia · 178 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Garissa in MarchKenya · 323 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Marka in MarchSomalia · 338 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Wajir in MarchKenya · 362 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Baidoa in MarchSomalia · 405 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Mogadishu in MarchSomalia · 410 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 25.6°C · 6.2 mm rain
- Malindi in MarchKenya · 417 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Kilifi in MarchKenya · 471 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 56 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.