Climate averages 1991–2020
Marka weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Marka: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 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 12 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogadishu (73 km away). In May its highs average 30.2°C, about as warm as Marka, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Marka ranks 11th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 12th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Marka is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 44 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
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 | 31.1°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 61 | 11.0 | 12.212 h |
| May, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Mogadishu in MaySomalia · 73 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Baidoa in MaySomalia · 199 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Kismayo in MaySomalia · 338 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Mandera in MayKenya · 407 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Kaambooni in MaySomalia · 514 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Wajir in MayKenya · 524 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in MaySomalia · 529 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Warder in MayEthiopia · 588 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 42 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.