Weather in Mogadishu

On this site the months that score closest to a 22°C day, lighter rain, and moderate humidity are January, February, and September. Mogadishu is in Somalia at 2.0°N. The 2001–2020 NASA POWER daily record describes a tropical climate with small temperature change.

April is the warmest month (average 28.6°C, high 29.6°C) and August is the coolest (average 25.7°C, low 24.8°C). Rain is rainy season runs from October to November, inside an annual total of 329 mm. The wettest month is April at 72 mm; the driest is February at 1 mm.

Best months to visit Mogadishu

The three months with the highest comfort score are January, February, and September: January (26.8°C average, 3 mm, 77% humidity); February (26.9°C average, 1 mm, 78% humidity); September (26.2°C average, 12 mm, 80% humidity). They fall in calendar order. The score rewards averages near 22°C, lower rainfall, and humidity near 60%. It is a climate score, not a festival or price calendar.

If you want the rainy season itself — fewer crowds, greener landscape, heavier rain — aim at October–November instead of the score.

Hot and cool months in Mogadishu

Mogadishu has a 2.9°C gap between its coolest monthly average (25.7°C in August) and its warmest (28.6°C in April). That is a northern-hemisphere pattern.

Mean high across all twelve months is 28.2°C and mean low is 26.0°C. These are 20-year grid averages, so a city station can read a few degrees warmer or cooler.

Rain through the year

The rainy season in Mogadishu starts in October and ends in November (October and November). April is the core of it at 72 mm. February is the other extreme, with 1 mm.

A rainy day here is a day with at least 1 mm in the NASA POWER series. April averages 10 such days; February averages 0.

The calendar in Mogadishu

February is the driest month, averaging only 1 mm across 0 rainy days. Highs sit near 28.4°C. April is both the hottest and wettest month: highs around 29.6°C, 72 mm of rain, and 77% humidity.

The year bottoms out in August. Plan for 24.8°C at night and 26.6°C in the afternoon.

How Mogadishu compares inside Somalia

Mogadishu is the only Somalia city in this dataset, so the figures on this page are the national sample we publish. They still come from the same NASA POWER daily series (2001–2020) used everywhere else on the site.