Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogadishu weather
in July.
A hot, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Mogadishu: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (73 km away). In July its highs average 27.7°C, about as warm as Mogadishu, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Mogadishu ranks 12th of 14 for the warmest July highs and 13th of 14 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Mogadishu is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 32 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Marka in JulySomalia · 73 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.5°C · 43 mm rain
- Baidoa in JulySomalia · 223 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 6.3 mm rain
- Kismayo in JulySomalia · 410 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Mandera in JulyKenya · 441 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 23.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in JulySomalia · 478 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.8°C · 0.5 mm rain
- Warder in JulyEthiopia · 549 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Kaambooni in JulySomalia · 584 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 47 mm rain
- Wajir in JulyKenya · 588 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 1.9 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.