Climate guideThirty-year normals for Kitui
Kitui climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jul–Sep
Annual mean21°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation974 mm108 wet days a year
1.37° S, 38.01° EElevation 1,154 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goKitui · weather score
Best timeJul–Sep
October: high / low27° / 17°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Kitui has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 27° and nights 17°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 24° and lows of 15°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 974 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (279 mm, 23 wet days) and July the driest (6 mm, 1 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 29% in February to 49% in November.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Kitui is 1° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · February
- Coldest nights
- 15° · July
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- February · 29% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 12 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 03 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 | 26° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 25° | 25° |
| Average low | 17° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 17° |
| Precipitation | 48 mm | 20 mm | 110 mm | 192 mm | 57 mm | 6 mm | 6 mm | 7 mm | 8 mm | 88 mm | 279 mm | 153 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 7.2 | 3.4 | 10.1 | 19.1 | 10.1 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.9 | 11.9 | 22.6 | 15.8 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 29% | 35% | 44% | 38% | 44% | 47% | 43% | 29% | 36% | 49% | 37% |
| Daylight | 12h 11 | 12h 09 | 12h 07 | 12h 05 | 12h 03 | 12h 03 | 12h 03 | 12h 04 | 12h 06 | 12h 08 | 12h 11 | 12h 12 |
| Month score | 80 | 82 | 64 | 57 | 72 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 91 | 63 | 59 | 64 |
ivMonth by month
Kitui in every month
January80
26° / 17°
48 mm · 7.2 wet days
February82
27° / 17°
20 mm · 3.4 wet days
March64
27° / 18°
110 mm · 10.1 wet days
April57
26° / 18°
192 mm · 19.1 wet days
May72
25° / 17°
57 mm · 10.1 wet days
June88
24° / 15°
6 mm · 2.5 wet days
July90
24° / 15°
6 mm · 1.2 wet day
August90
24° / 15°
7 mm · 2 wet days
September91
26° / 15°
8 mm · 1.9 wet days
October63
27° / 17°
88 mm · 11.9 wet days
November59
25° / 17°
279 mm · 22.6 wet days
December64
25° / 17°
153 mm · 15.8 wet days