What's on in Mogadishu, Somalia through the year

Busy — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in January.

Busy — Ramadan and Eid, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Ramadan and Eid

  5 Feb – 22 Mar · usuallyRamadan & EidClosures

  The city keeps the fast almost completely: daytime trade slows to nothing and the evenings run late, then Eid closes everything for several days. The window slides about eleven days earlier each year. Source ↗

Busy — Ramadan and Eid, school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Still on: Ramadan and Eid (5 Feb – 22 Mar (usually))

Quiet — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

• Season

  Gu, the main rains

  1 Apr – 15 Jun · usuallyMonsoonRisk

  The longer of the two wet seasons, and the one the whole country's farming year turns on. In the city it means short heavy storms and standing water rather than days of grey. Source ↗

Quiet — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Gu, the main rains (1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Hagaa, the south-west monsoon

  15 Jun – 15 Sep · usuallyWind season

  A hard, dusty onshore wind blows for weeks on end, hazing the light and putting a heavy swell onto Lido beach. It is dry and it is the least pleasant stretch of the year on the coast. Source ↗

Still on: Gu, the main rains (1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually))

Busy — Independence Day, school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it

• Holiday

  Independence Day

  1 JulNational holidayClosures

  The 1 July holiday marks the 1960 union and independence, and follows Republic Day on 26 June. Offices close and security around the government district is tightened for both. Source ↗

Still on: Hagaa, the south-west monsoon (15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Hagaa, the south-west monsoon (15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Hagaa, the south-west monsoon (15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Deyr, the short rains

  1 Oct – 30 Nov · usuallyMonsoonRisk

  The second, lighter wet season, between the dusty monsoon and the long dry Jilaal. It is unreliable, and a failed Deyr is what turns a dry year into a bad one inland. Source ↗

Quiet — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, one of its worst months for weather

Nothing new starts in November.

Still on: Deyr, the short rains (1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 5 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in December.