Climate guideThirty-year normals for Iten
Iten climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean16°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,202 mm184 wet days a year
0.65° N, 35.50° EElevation 2,391 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goIten · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low21° / 11°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Iten has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is March, when afternoons average 24° and nights 12°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 18° and lows of 10°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,202 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (192 mm, 22 wet days) and February the driest (33 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 31% in January to 57% in April.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Iten is 2.2° cooler on a March afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · March
- Coldest nights
- 10° · August
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 31% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 10 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 | 23° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 22° |
| Average low | 11° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 10° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° |
| Precipitation | 36 mm | 33 mm | 76 mm | 154 mm | 119 mm | 115 mm | 195 mm | 192 mm | 90 mm | 76 mm | 66 mm | 50 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 | 31% | 34% | 41% | 57% | 46% | 42% | 46% | 45% | 36% | 47% | 51% | 34% |
| Daylight | 12h 05 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 08 | 12h 09 | 12h 10 | 12h 09 | 12h 08 | 12h 07 | 12h 06 | 12h 05 | 12h 05 |
| Month score | 89 | 88 | 72 | 56 | 60 | 62 | 60 | 61 | 65 | 60 | 58 | 78 |
ivMonth by month
Iten in every month
January89
23° / 11°
36 mm · 4.5 wet days
February88
24° / 12°
33 mm · 4.4 wet days
March72
24° / 12°
76 mm · 10.1 wet days
April56
22° / 12°
154 mm · 19 wet days
May60
21° / 12°
119 mm · 20.4 wet days
June62
20° / 11°
115 mm · 19.1 wet days
July60
18° / 10°
195 mm · 22 wet days
August61
19° / 10°
192 mm · 22.3 wet days
September65
20° / 11°
90 mm · 18.1 wet days
October60
21° / 11°
76 mm · 18.9 wet days
November58
21° / 11°
66 mm · 16.6 wet days
December78
22° / 11°
50 mm · 8.8 wet days