Baidoa
City in Somalia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Baydhabo7890989: Hassanholac, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Baidoa is a city in Somalia, in Bay. About 129,839 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Somalia in our atlas.
It lies at 3.11° N, 43.65° E, about 441 m (1,447 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Mogadishu time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Baidoa. Green dots: other major cities of Somalia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Baidoa has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 37°C (99°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 19°C (67°F). Around 663 mm (26 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Marka · 199 km
- Mogadishu · 223 km
- Kismayo · 404 km
- Hargeysa · 717 km
- Borama · 759 km
- Ruqi · 762 km
- Berbera · 827 km
- El Dibir · 1,275 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 64536 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q506578 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Baydhabo7890989: Hassanholac, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)