Mogadishu Prayer Times

Prayer Times in Mogadishu, Somalia

Mogadishuprayer times are calculated based on the city's precise geographic coordinates (2.0371°N, 45.3438°E) using the Muslim World League calculation method — the standard followed by most mosques in Somalia. Times shown are for today's date and update automatically at midnight.

The five daily prayers — Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha — are calculated from the sun's position relative to Mogadishu's latitude and longitude. As the sun's declination changes throughout the year, prayer times shift by several minutes each day. This is why a Mogadishu prayer time calendar for the full month is shown below — so you can plan ahead without checking daily.

How Mogadishu's prayer times are worked out

Mogadishu sits 2,237 km (1,390 miles) from the Kaaba in Mecca, so the Qibla from here is 345° from true north — you face north to pray. Fajr and Isha depend on how far the sun drops below the horizon, and Somalia follows the Muslim World League method set by the Muslim World League: Fajr begins when the sun is 18° below the horizon, and Isha when it reaches 17°. A city that used ISNA's 15° instead would get a noticeably different Fajr — which is why the method, not just the coordinates, decides the answer.

Day length is what really moves the timetable in Mogadishu. Measured with the Muslim World League method, the longest daily fast here — from Fajr to Maghrib — runs about 13h 30m around June, while the shortest is roughly 13h 16m in December: a swing of 0h 14m across the year. That spread is set by Mogadishu's latitude (2.04°N); cities nearer the equator barely vary, while far-northern ones swing by many hours.

Mogadishu sits close to the meridian of its Africa/Mogadishu time zone, so the sun peaks within 7 minutes of clock noon and Dhuhr lands near midday — today at 12:06 PM. Dhuhr always tracks the sun's peak, not the clock. The nearest cities we also publish times for are Afgooye, Marka, Qoryooley — close enough that their times differ from Mogadishu's by only a few minutes.