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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Lodwar
Lodwar climate by month
Hot desert · BWhBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean29°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation197 mm75 wet days a year
3.12° N, 35.60° EElevation 500 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goLodwar · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low34° / 25°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Lodwar has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh): very little rain and intense sun.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 36° and nights 25°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 32° and lows of 24°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 197 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (40 mm, 14 wet days) and February the driest (6 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 16% in September to 38% in April.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Lodwar is 9.4° warmer on a February afternoon and receives less precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 36° · February
- Coldest nights
- 24° · January
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- September · 16% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 18 min
- Shortest day
- 11 h 57 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 | 35° | 36° | 35° | 34° | 33° | 33° | 32° | 33° | 34° | 34° | 33° | 34° |
| Average low | 24° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 24° | 24° |
| Precipitation | 7 mm | 6 mm | 26 mm | 40 mm | 29 mm | 10 mm | 12 mm | 12 mm | 8 mm | 8 mm | 25 mm | 14 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 2.4 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 13.9 | 9.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 9 | 6.1 |
| Cloud cover | 20% | 23% | 29% | 38% | 28% | 25% | 25% | 21% | 16% | 24% | 26% | 19% |
| Daylight | 11h 57 | 12h 01 | 12h 06 | 12h 11 | 12h 16 | 12h 18 | 12h 17 | 12h 13 | 12h 08 | 12h 03 | 11h 59 | 11h 57 |
| Month score | 54 | 54 | 38 | 27 | 42 | 58 | 61 | 57 | 53 | 41 | 44 | 49 |
ivMonth by month
Lodwar in every month
January54
35° / 24°
7 mm · 2.4 wet days
February54
36° / 25°
6 mm · 1.8 wet days
March38
35° / 25°
26 mm · 8.6 wet days
April27
34° / 25°
40 mm · 13.9 wet days
May42
33° / 25°
29 mm · 9.6 wet days
June58
33° / 24°
10 mm · 3.8 wet days
July61
32° / 24°
12 mm · 3.6 wet days
August57
33° / 24°
12 mm · 4.2 wet days
September53
34° / 24°
8 mm · 3.4 wet days
October41
34° / 25°
8 mm · 8.1 wet days
November44
33° / 24°
25 mm · 9 wet days
December49
34° / 24°
14 mm · 6.1 wet days