Somalia weather by month

In Mogadishu, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around October 26 and lasts for 5.6 months, ending around April 13. The clearest month is February, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 85% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around April 14 and lasts for 4.8 months, ending around September 7. The cloudiest month is July, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 54% of the time.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Mogadishu is typically breezy, near 20 km/h, and varies a lot with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 4.0 months, from around May 26 to Sep 25. The windiest month is July, averaging about 25 km/h (breezy).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 26 to Dec 15, with November the calmest month at about 14 km/h.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Mogadishu receives about 6.2 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 5.5 and 7.1 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 4.0 months, from around Dec 18 to Apr 19. The brightest month is February, averaging about 7.1 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is June, down near 5.5 kWh/m² — roughly 22% less than the February peak.