Kismayo
City in Somalia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kismayo: Abdirisak, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kismayo is a city in Somalia, in Lower Juba. About 234,852 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Somalia in our atlas.
It lies at 0.36° S, 42.55° E, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Mogadishu time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kismayo. Green dots: other major cities of Somalia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kismayo has a tropical savanna (dry summer) climate (Köppen As). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 24°C (76°F). Around 589 mm (23 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in May.
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 · 338 km
- Baidoa · 404 km
- Mogadishu · 409 km
- Hargeysa · 1,114 km
- Borama · 1,145 km
- Ruqi · 1,151 km
- Berbera · 1,229 km
- El Dibir · 1,655 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 55671 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q270787 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kismayo: Abdirisak, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)