Kismayo Airport

HCMK · Lower Juba, Somalia

Climate Kismayo Airport 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Malindi Airport (HKML) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 85.6 78 85 85 79 82
February 87.1 89 90 85 86 82
March 90.7 90 89 92 96
April 84.7 96 86 85 71
May 78.6 81 77 74 77
June 81.6 92 91 70 87
July 76.9 71 80 82 74
August 81.4 87 76 82 89
September 78.2 82 89 70 82
October 78.0 83 89 78 90
November 85.5 82 76 86 87
December 92.5 91 92 96 90
Average 83.4 83.5 85.7 84.5 80.8 84.0

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
February 99.5 100 100 98 100 100
March 99.7 100 100 100 100
April 99.5 100 100 100 100
May 99.0 99 100 100 98
June 98.9 100 100 100 100
July 99.4 100 100 96 100
August 99.3 100 100 96 100
September 99.5 100 100 100 100
October 98.9 100 100 100 100
November 99.3 100 99 99 100
December 99.5 100 99 100 99
Average 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.6 99.3 99.6

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 31.0 30.3 31.6 30.8 30.8 30.3
February 31.1 31.0 32.3 30.5 31.1 30.6
March 32.0 33.5 31.6 31.3 31.8
April 31.5 31.3 31.1 31.8 31.1
May 29.5 30.3 29.8 29.8 30.3
June 28.7 29.3 29.1 28.1 28.5
July 27.9 28.1 27.8 27.1 28.3
August 28.1 28.8 28.3 27.5 28.3
September 28.6 29.3 28.6 28.1 29.1
October 29.7 30.1 30.1 29.1 30.1
November 30.7 31.6 30.3 30.1 31.8
December 31.3 30.6 31.5 31.3 31.3
Average 30.1 30.6 30.6 29.9 29.7 30.1

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 25.3 25.8 24.8 25.8 26.5 24.3
February 25.3 25.1 26.3 25.6 25.3 24.3
March 26.1 27.5 26.3 26.8 25.5
April 25.8 26.5 26.1 27.0 26.3
May 24.9 26.5 23.8 26.3 25.8
June 24.7 24.8 24.5 24.3 23.8
July 24.0 24.6 22.6 23.6 24.3
August 24.0 24.6 24.0 23.8 23.8
September 23.9 23.8 24.6 23.1 24.8
October 24.3 25.1 24.6 24.5 25.1
November 25.4 26.6 25.3 25.1 26.1
December 25.3 26.6 26.3 26.0 24.8
Average 25.0 25.6 25.6 25.0 25.2 24.9

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 0.6 0 0 1 1 0
February 0.2 0 0 0 1 0
March 1.8 3 2 0 0
April 5.6 7 8 3 2
May 10.9 6 8 9 3
June 5.3 4 4 11 4
July 5.1 6 5 8 5
August 2.2 1 2 0 3
September 2.8 0 2 1 3
October 3.1 2 2 0 2
November 3.0 2 10 2 1
December 1.9 5 2 0 3
Average 3.2 0.2 2.9 3.6 3.2 2.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 10.6 10 9 12 10 11
February 10.6 10 8 10 10 10
March 9.3 8 10 10 10
April 11.1 11 9 11 14
May 12.1 15 11 12 15
June 12.8 12 10 13 13
July 12.4 12 12 12 14
August 12.4 12 13 12 13
September 11.9 13 11 13 12
October 10.6 11 9 12 11
November 7.4 7 6 7 9
December 8.2 8 6 8 7
Average 10.7 9.9 10.5 10.0 10.9 11.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 062° 057° 062° 063° 068°
February 069° 072° 071° 073° 071°
March 135° 105° 089° 099°
April 195° 172° 172° 190°
May 196° 185° 188° 188°
June 189° 190° 192° 185°
July 183° 186° 181° 188°
August 176° 183° 179° 182°
September 175° 179° 178° 178°
October 173° 160° 175° 165°
November 141° 175° 127° 134°
December 076° 069° 095° 098°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.