Climate averages 1991–2020

Marka weather
in July.

A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 23.5°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 43 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Marka: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogadishu (73 km away). In July its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Marka, with 44 mm of rain.

Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Marka ranks joint 13th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 12th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Marka is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 31 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Marka, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Marka

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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 limits

How 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.