According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Somalia is November to February. Plan 7–14 days.
Best months for Somalia
- Best months
- November to February
- How long to stay
- 7–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Somalia is best for
Extreme off-grid travel featuring ancient Laas Geel rock art, Mogadishu's colonial ruins, and rugged coastline.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Somalia by month
Monthly averages around Mogadishu; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 26 °C | little rain (3 mm) |
| February best | about 27 °C | little rain (0 mm) |
| March | about 28 °C | little rain (9 mm) |
| April | about 28 °C | some rain (72 mm) |
| May | about 28 °C | some rain (39 mm) |
| June | about 27 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| July | about 26 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| August | about 26 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| September | about 26 °C | little rain (12 mm) |
| October | about 27 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| November best | about 27 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| December best | about 27 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Somalia
- Capital
- Mogadishu
- Languages
- Somali and Arabic
- Currency
- Somali Shilling (SOS)
- Time
- UTC+3
- Plugs
- Type C · 220 V
- Driving
- On the right
- Calling code
- +252
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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