Climate averages 1991–2020
Marka weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Marka: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.7 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogadishu (73 km away). In January its highs average 31.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Marka, with 6.3 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Marka ranks 6th of 14 for the warmest January highs and joint 6th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Marka is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.7 mm to under 1 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
Marka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Mogadishu in JanuarySomalia · 73 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Baidoa in JanuarySomalia · 199 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kismayo in JanuarySomalia · 338 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Mandera in JanuaryKenya · 407 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Kaambooni in JanuarySomalia · 514 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Wajir in JanuaryKenya · 524 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in JanuarySomalia · 529 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Warder in JanuaryEthiopia · 588 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 0.3 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.