Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogadishu weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Mogadishu: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (73 km away). In January its highs average 30.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Mogadishu, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Mogadishu ranks joint 3rd of 14 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 14 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 14 cities is 28.4°C; Mogadishu is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 6.3 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
Mogadishu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Marka in JanuarySomalia · 73 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Baidoa in JanuarySomalia · 223 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kismayo in JanuarySomalia · 410 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Mandera in JanuaryKenya · 441 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in JanuarySomalia · 478 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Warder in JanuaryEthiopia · 549 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kaambooni in JanuarySomalia · 584 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Wajir in JanuaryKenya · 588 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 9.1 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.