Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogadishu weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Mogadishu: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (73 km away). In December its highs average 30.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mogadishu, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Mogadishu ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 14 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 14 cities is 28.2°C; Mogadishu is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 6.3 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Marka in DecemberSomalia · 73 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 28 mm rain
- Baidoa in DecemberSomalia · 223 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Kismayo in DecemberSomalia · 410 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Mandera in DecemberKenya · 441 kmHigh 33.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in DecemberSomalia · 478 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 5.2 mm rain
- Warder in DecemberEthiopia · 549 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 5.8 mm rain
- Kaambooni in DecemberSomalia · 584 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Wajir in DecemberKenya · 588 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 30 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.