Climate averages 1991–2020
Kismayo weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Kismayo: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaambooni (178 km away). In May its highs average 29.1°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kismayo, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kismayo ranks joint 9th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 13th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Kismayo is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 89 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Kaambooni in MaySomalia · 178 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Garissa in MayKenya · 323 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Marka in MaySomalia · 338 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Wajir in MayKenya · 362 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Baidoa in MaySomalia · 405 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Mogadishu in MaySomalia · 410 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Malindi in MayKenya · 417 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 152 mm rain
- Kilifi in MayKenya · 471 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 167 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.