[citation needed] Sanaag's yearly temperature is 24.01 °C (75.22 °F) and it is 3.9% below Somalia's midpoints.

[citation needed] Masagan commonly gets around 121.02 millimeters (4.76 inches) of precipitation and 140.35 rainy days (38.45% of the time) every year.

It was inaugurated by the local clan elder and politician Ismail Ahmed Ali-Suudi.

[1] Local communities belonging to the central and southern areas of the Sanaag region volunteered to build a road connecting their towns to the city of Erigavo, which includes Masagan and its villages.

[2] The city of Masagan is primarily inhabited by the Mohamoud Garad branch of the Dhulbahante clan, predominantly by the Naleye Ahmed sub-lineages of the Ugaadhyahan.