Climate averages 1991–2020
Mogadishu weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Mogadishu: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marka (73 km away). In September its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Mogadishu, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Mogadishu ranks 10th of 14 for the warmest September highs and joint 11th of 14 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 14 cities is 31.4°C; Mogadishu is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Marka in SeptemberSomalia · 73 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.0°C · 21 mm rain
- Baidoa in SeptemberSomalia · 223 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Kismayo in SeptemberSomalia · 410 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 18 mm rain
- Mandera in SeptemberKenya · 441 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Cabudwaaq in SeptemberSomalia · 478 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Warder in SeptemberEthiopia · 549 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 3.9 mm rain
- Kaambooni in SeptemberSomalia · 584 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 26 mm rain
- Wajir in SeptemberKenya · 588 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 2.6 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.