Climate averages 1991–2020
Kismayo weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Kismayo: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaambooni (178 km away). In November its highs average 30.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kismayo, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kismayo ranks 2nd of 14 for the warmest November highs and joint 12th of 14 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 14 cities is 28.5°C; Kismayo is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kaambooni in NovemberSomalia · 178 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Garissa in NovemberKenya · 323 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Marka in NovemberSomalia · 338 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Wajir in NovemberKenya · 362 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Baidoa in NovemberSomalia · 405 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Mogadishu in NovemberSomalia · 410 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Malindi in NovemberKenya · 417 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.6°C · 60 mm rain
- Kilifi in NovemberKenya · 471 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 74 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.