Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogadishu weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Mogadishu: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (73 km away). In November its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mogadishu, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Mogadishu ranks 5th of 14 for the warmest November highs and 11th of 14 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 14 cities is 28.5°C; Mogadishu is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Marka in NovemberSomalia · 73 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Baidoa in NovemberSomalia · 223 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Kismayo in NovemberSomalia · 410 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Mandera in NovemberKenya · 441 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in NovemberSomalia · 478 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Warder in NovemberEthiopia · 549 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 34 mm rain
- Kaambooni in NovemberSomalia · 584 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Wajir in NovemberKenya · 588 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 87 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.