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 Eldoret
Eldoret climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,427 mm184 wet days a year
0.52° N, 35.27° EElevation 2,095 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goEldoret · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low22° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Eldoret has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 25° and nights 13°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,427 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (192 mm, 22 wet days) and February the driest (48 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 29% in January to 54% in April.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Eldoret is 1.4° cooler on a March afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · March
- Coldest nights
- 11° · July
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 29% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 09 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 05 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 | 24° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 23° |
| Average low | 12° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 12° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 12° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 44 mm | 48 mm | 105 mm | 197 mm | 165 mm | 125 mm | 178 mm | 192 mm | 112 mm | 102 mm | 95 mm | 64 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.5 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 19 | 20.4 | 19.1 | 22 | 22.3 | 18.1 | 18.9 | 16.6 | 8.8 |
| Cloud cover | 29% | 32% | 39% | 54% | 42% | 38% | 39% | 38% | 32% | 43% | 46% | 32% |
| Daylight | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 08 | 12h 09 | 12h 09 | 12h 08 | 12h 07 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 05 |
| Month score | 89 | 89 | 72 | 57 | 62 | 64 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 62 | 60 | 78 |
ivMonth by month
Eldoret in every month
January89
24° / 12°
44 mm · 4.5 wet days
February89
25° / 12°
48 mm · 4.4 wet days
March72
25° / 13°
105 mm · 10.1 wet days
April57
23° / 13°
197 mm · 19 wet days
May62
22° / 12°
165 mm · 20.4 wet days
June64
21° / 11°
125 mm · 19.1 wet days
July63
20° / 11°
178 mm · 22 wet days
August64
20° / 11°
192 mm · 22.3 wet days
September66
21° / 11°
112 mm · 18.1 wet days
October62
22° / 12°
102 mm · 18.9 wet days
November60
22° / 12°
95 mm · 16.6 wet days
December78
23° / 12°
64 mm · 8.8 wet days