Climate
For a city situated so near the equator, Mogadishu has a dry climate. It is classified as hot and semi-arid (Köppen climate classification BSh). Much of the land the city lies upon is desert terrain. The city has a low annual rainfall of 427 millimetres (16.8 in), most which falls in the wet season. The rains are very variable from year to year, and drought is a constant problem for the people living in Somalia.
Sunshine is abundant in the city, averaging eight to ten hours a day year-round. It is lowest during the wet season, when there is some coastal fog and greater cloud coverage as warm air passes over the cool sea surface.
| Climate data for Mogadishu | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 34 (93) |
32 (90) |
33 (91) |
36 (97) |
34 (93) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
30 (86) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
34 (93) |
36 (97) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 30.2 (86.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.9 (87.6) |
32.2 (90.0) |
31.2 (88.2) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
28.6 (83.5) |
29.4 (84.9) |
30.2 (86.4) |
30.6 (87.1) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.2 (86.4) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23.0 (73.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
25.6 (78.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
23.7 (74.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
24.3 (75.7) |
24.2 (75.6) |
23.5 (74.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 20 (68) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
15 (59) |
16 (61) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
21 (70) |
20 (68) |
15 (59) |
| Rainfall mm (inches) | 0 (0) |
0 (0) |
8 (0.31) |
61 (2.4) |
61 (2.4) |
82 (3.23) |
64 (2.52) |
44 (1.73) |
25 (0.98) |
32 (1.26) |
43 (1.69) |
9 (0.35) |
429 (16.89) |
| % humidity | 78 | 78 | 77 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 80 | 79 | 79 | 79.3 |
| Avg. rainy days | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 47 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 266.6 | 251.4 | 282.1 | 261.0 | 272.8 | 219.0 | 226.3 | 254.2 | 264.0 | 266.6 | 261.0 | 257.3 | 3,082.3 |
| Source #1: Weltwetter Spiegel Online | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: BBC Weather | |||||||||||||
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