Mogadishu
Capital of Somalia: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Pictures from an armed convoy trip in Mogadishu: CT Snow, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mogadishu is the capital of Somalia, in Banaadir. About 2.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Somalia in our atlas.
It lies at 2.04° N, 45.34° E, about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Mogadishu time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mogadishu. Green dots: other major cities of Somalia. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mogadishu has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 29°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 25°C (76°F). Around 328 mm (13 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in SomaliaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Marka · 73 km
- Baidoa · 223 km
- Kismayo · 409 km
- Hargeysa · 847 km
- Ruqi · 906 km
- Borama · 909 km
- Berbera · 933 km
- El Dibir · 1,261 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 53654 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2449 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Pictures from an armed convoy trip in Mogadishu: CT Snow, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Somalia National Museum under renovation, February 2020: UNSOM, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Somalia national team drills for 2018WCQ: Ilyas Ahmed for AMISOM Photo, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 1931-quaderno-Mogadiscio-palazzo-del-governatore: Albertomos, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Casa del Fascio, Italian Mogadishu, 1939: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
