How extreme does Mogadishu's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Mogadishu has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 9 years of daily weather observations (2016–present), from the Mogadishu / Aden Adde Intl station. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Mogadishu has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

104°F Jun 16, 2020

The three most extreme on record

1 104°F Jun 16, 2020

2 103°F May 29, 2017

3 102°F Dec 6, 2017

❄️ Coldest night

55°F Dec 29, 2016

The three most extreme on record

1 55°F Dec 29, 2016

2 59°F Nov 20, 2016

3 63°F Nov 21, 2016

🌧️ Most rain in one day

8.31 in Aug 26, 2024

The three most extreme on record

1 8.31 in Aug 26, 2024recent

2 6.46 in May 10, 2025

3 2.52 in Sep 14, 2020

In plain terms

Across the record, Mogadishu has reached as high as 104°F and as low as 55°F. A single day has delivered over 8 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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