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How unusual is the weather? Graded against ~45 years of local climate history.

Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia climate

Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, with every day graded against ~45 years of local climate history (1981–2026). Its warmest month is April, averaging a high of 30°C, and its coldest is August, with an average low of 24°C.

Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has an estimated urban population of 4,126,815. via Wikipedia

How today compares

Latest recorded day: 2026-07-21. Each reading placed on Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.

High 28°C Near Record · 99th pct
Low 24°C Below Normal · 30th pct
Feels-like 30°C Very High · 91st pct
Humidity 18.0 g/m³ Low · 12th pct
Wind 21 km/h Near Record · 1st pct
Precip 1 mm Typical · 48th pct

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Mogadishu average temperatures by month

Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia, based on 1981–2026 records. The wettest month is April (3 mm on an average day).

MonthAvg highAvg lowAvg precip
January 28°C 25°C 0 mm
February 28°C 25°C 0 mm
March 29°C 27°C 0 mm
April 30°C 27°C 3 mm
May 29°C 27°C 3 mm
June 28°C 26°C 0 mm
July 27°C 25°C 0 mm
August 26°C 24°C 0 mm
September 27°C 25°C 0 mm
October 28°C 26°C 3 mm
November 28°C 26°C 0 mm
December 29°C 26°C 0 mm

Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.

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Record extremes

  • Hottest day on record: 33°C on 2023-04-21
  • Coldest day on record: 22°C on 1984-08-07

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Percentiles compare each day to Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →