Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogadishu weather
in May.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Mogadishu: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (73 km away). In May its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Mogadishu, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Mogadishu ranks 8th of 14 for the warmest May highs and 11th of 14 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 14 cities is 31.0°C; Mogadishu is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Marka in MaySomalia · 73 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.5°C · 76 mm rain
- Baidoa in MaySomalia · 223 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Kismayo in MaySomalia · 410 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Mandera in MayKenya · 441 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in MaySomalia · 478 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Warder in MayEthiopia · 549 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Kaambooni in MaySomalia · 584 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Wajir in MayKenya · 588 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 20 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.