Climate averages 1991–2020
Marka weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Marka: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 26.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogadishu (73 km away). In April its highs average 31.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Marka, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Marka ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 14 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Marka is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Marka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.9°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 31.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 7.1 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 31.1°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 61 | 11.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 76 | 17.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 44 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 43 | 13.3 | 12.212 h |
| August | 27.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 31 | 11.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 21 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 43 | 8.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 69 | 13.3 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 28 | 5.8 | 12.012 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
April in nearby cities
- Mogadishu in AprilSomalia · 73 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Baidoa in AprilSomalia · 199 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 95 mm rain
- Kismayo in AprilSomalia · 338 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Mandera in AprilKenya · 407 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Kaambooni in AprilSomalia · 514 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Wajir in AprilKenya · 524 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in AprilSomalia · 529 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Warder in AprilEthiopia · 588 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 58 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 Marka) is explained once on the Marka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.