Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogadishu weather
in March.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Mogadishu: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.2 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (73 km away). In March its highs average 31.2°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mogadishu, with 7.1 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Mogadishu ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest March highs and 4th of 14 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 14 cities is 30.9°C; Mogadishu is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.2 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Marka in MarchSomalia · 73 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.8°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Baidoa in MarchSomalia · 223 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Kismayo in MarchSomalia · 410 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Mandera in MarchKenya · 441 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in MarchSomalia · 478 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Warder in MarchEthiopia · 549 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Kaambooni in MarchSomalia · 584 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 12 mm rain
- Wajir in MarchKenya · 588 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 24.7°C · 29 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.