Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kitale
Kitale climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean18°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,010 mm172 wet days a year
1.02° N, 35.01° EElevation 1,900 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goKitale · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low23° / 13°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kitale has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 25° and nights 13°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 20° and lows of 12°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,010 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. August is the wettest month (124 mm, 22 wet days) and February the driest (35 mm, 4 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 30% in January to 53% in April.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Kitale is 1.5° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · February
- Coldest nights
- 12° · July
- Wettest month
- August
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 30% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 11 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 04 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° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 24° |
| Average low | 13° | 13° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 13° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 13° |
| Precipitation | 30 mm | 35 mm | 80 mm | 135 mm | 118 mm | 89 mm | 100 mm | 124 mm | 89 mm | 90 mm | 80 mm | 40 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 4.2 | 3.7 | 9.4 | 17.8 | 19.2 | 17 | 20.3 | 21.9 | 16.4 | 18.7 | 15.8 | 7.7 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 32% | 39% | 53% | 43% | 38% | 40% | 39% | 34% | 43% | 46% | 32% |
| Daylight | 12h 04 | 12h 05 | 12h 06 | 12h 08 | 12h 10 | 12h 11 | 12h 10 | 12h 09 | 12h 07 | 12h 06 | 12h 04 | 12h 04 |
| Month score | 90 | 90 | 74 | 57 | 62 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 65 | 62 | 60 | 81 |
ivMonth by month
Kitale in every month
January90
24° / 13°
30 mm · 4.2 wet days
February90
25° / 13°
35 mm · 3.7 wet days
March74
25° / 14°
80 mm · 9.4 wet days
April57
23° / 14°
135 mm · 17.8 wet days
May62
22° / 14°
118 mm · 19.2 wet days
June64
21° / 13°
89 mm · 17 wet days
July63
20° / 12°
100 mm · 20.3 wet days
August63
21° / 12°
124 mm · 21.9 wet days
September65
22° / 12°
89 mm · 16.4 wet days
October62
23° / 13°
90 mm · 18.7 wet days
November60
23° / 13°
80 mm · 15.8 wet days
December81
24° / 13°
40 mm · 7.7 wet days