Mogadishu Weather in May

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mogadishu, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 29°C on May 1 to 28°C on May 31, and lows from 28°C to 27°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 50 mm over about 6 wet days.

May day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

May at a glance

Average high: 29°C
Average low: 27°C
Precipitation: 50 mm
Reanalysis high: 31°CMay 2, 2019
Reanalysis low: 25°CMay 30, 1996
Daylight: 12 h 11 min to 12 h 14 min
Cloud cover: 49%
Humidity: 80%
Dew point: 24°C
Wind: 21.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
May 1	29°C	28°C	31°C 2019	27°C 1994	37%
May 2	29°C	27°C	31°C 2019	26°C 1994	37%
May 3	29°C	27°C	31°C 2020	26°C 2018	37%
May 4	29°C	27°C	31°C 2019	26°C 1999	36%
May 5	29°C	27°C	31°C 2019	27°C 2018	34%
May 6	29°C	27°C	31°C 2019	27°C 1991	33%
May 7	29°C	27°C	30°C 2019	26°C 1996	31%
May 8	29°C	27°C	30°C 2009	26°C 1999	29%
May 9	29°C	27°C	31°C 2001	26°C 1991	29%
May 10	29°C	27°C	31°C 2019	26°C 1991	28%
May 11	29°C	27°C	31°C 2001	26°C 1997	28%
May 12	29°C	27°C	30°C 2001	25°C 1997	27%
May 13	29°C	27°C	30°C 2015	25°C 1997	27%
May 14	29°C	27°C	31°C 2019	26°C 1997	25%
May 15	29°C	27°C	30°C 2019	26°C 1994	24%
May 16	29°C	27°C	30°C 2019	26°C 1994	23%
May 17	29°C	27°C	30°C 2011	26°C 1994	22%
May 18	29°C	27°C	30°C 1998	26°C 1996	20%
May 19	29°C	27°C	30°C 2005	26°C 1996	19%
May 20	29°C	27°C	30°C 1998	26°C 2013	18%
May 21	29°C	27°C	30°C 1998	26°C 1997	18%
May 22	29°C	27°C	30°C 1998	25°C 1997	17%
May 23	29°C	27°C	30°C 1998	26°C 1997	16%
May 24	29°C	27°C	30°C 2007	26°C 1997	16%
May 25	29°C	27°C	30°C 2019	26°C 2000	16%
May 26	29°C	27°C	30°C 2007	25°C 2000	15%
May 27	29°C	27°C	30°C 1992	25°C 2000	15%
May 28	28°C	27°C	29°C 2001	25°C 1999	14%
May 29	28°C	27°C	29°C 2007	25°C 1999	14%
May 30	28°C	27°C	29°C 2020	25°C 1996	13%
May 31	28°C	27°C	29°C 2007	25°C 1996	12%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

May 1: sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 6:01 PM
May 31: sunrise 5:49 AM, sunset 6:03 PM

Every day of May: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.