Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Athi River
Athi River climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Jan–Feb · Sep
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation754 mm177 wet days a year
1.46° S, 36.98° EElevation 1,505 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goAthi River · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Sep
October: high / low25° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Athi River has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 27° and nights 16°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 754 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (126 mm, 25 wet days) and February the driest (38 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in February to 50% in November.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Athi River is 0.5° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · February
- Coldest nights
- 13° · July
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 30% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 12 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 02 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° |
| Average low | 15° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 16° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 52 mm | 38 mm | 83 mm | 167 mm | 91 mm | 17 mm | 13 mm | 11 mm | 16 mm | 51 mm | 126 mm | 89 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.8 | 8 | 14.6 | 24.1 | 19.1 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 18.2 | 24.8 | 16.6 |
| Cloud cover | 33% | 30% | 35% | 45% | 39% | 43% | 46% | 43% | 30% | 36% | 50% | 41% |
| Daylight | 12h 12 | 12h 09 | 12h 07 | 12h 05 | 12h 03 | 12h 02 | 12h 03 | 12h 04 | 12h 06 | 12h 08 | 12h 11 | 12h 12 |
| Month score | 74 | 73 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 67 | 72 | 67 | 77 | 63 | 59 | 62 |
ivMonth by month
Athi River in every month
January74
25° / 15°
52 mm · 9.8 wet days
February73
27° / 16°
38 mm · 8 wet days
March58
27° / 16°
83 mm · 14.6 wet days
April61
25° / 17°
167 mm · 24.1 wet days
May63
24° / 16°
91 mm · 19.1 wet days
June67
23° / 14°
17 mm · 11.7 wet days
July72
22° / 13°
13 mm · 9.1 wet days
August67
22° / 13°
11 mm · 11.6 wet days
September77
25° / 14°
16 mm · 9.7 wet days
October63
25° / 15°
51 mm · 18.2 wet days
November59
24° / 16°
126 mm · 24.8 wet days
December62
24° / 15°
89 mm · 16.6 wet days