Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogadishu weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mogadishu: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (73 km away). In August its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Mogadishu, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Mogadishu ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 14 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 14 cities is 31.1°C; Mogadishu is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 21 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Mogadishu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 6.3 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 32.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 6.2 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.8°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 56 | 11.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 73 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| June | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 45 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 44 | 14.4 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 32 | 11.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 21 | 6.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 42 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 64 | 13.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 31.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 27 | 5.4 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Marka in AugustSomalia · 73 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Baidoa in AugustSomalia · 223 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Kismayo in AugustSomalia · 410 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Mandera in AugustKenya · 441 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in AugustSomalia · 478 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Warder in AugustEthiopia · 549 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kaambooni in AugustSomalia · 584 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Wajir in AugustKenya · 588 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 2.1 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 Mogadishu) is explained once on the Mogadishu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.