East African Rift · Nakuru County · KenyaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Mount Longonot

Volcano2,776 m

Elevation2,776 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation42 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul16°average high

0.92° S, 36.46° EElevation 2,776 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Mount Longonot in brief

Mount Longonot rises to 2,776 m in the East African Rift, Nakuru County, Kenya.

At the summit, February is the mildest month with average highs of 22°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Kinungi, 15 km to the NE at 2,436 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Mount Longonot by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	21°	22°	22°	20°	18°	17°	16°	17°	19°	19°	19°	20°
Average low	9°	9°	10°	11°	11°	9°	8°	8°	8°	9°	10°	10°
Precipitation	67 mm	61 mm	103 mm	186 mm	156 mm	57 mm	41 mm	40 mm	44 mm	71 mm	99 mm	86 mm
Cloud cover	31%	32%	35%	53%	51%	55%	60%	54%	37%	44%	48%	33%
Daylight	12h 10	12h 08	12h 07	12h 06	12h 05	12h 04	12h 04	12h 05	12h 06	12h 08	12h 09	12h 10
Month score	81	82	70	57	58	70	67	73	85	75	65	75

Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Freezing level	5,100 m	5,200 m	5,250 m	5,150 m	5,000 m	4,800 m	4,650 m	4,700 m	4,850 m	5,000 m	5,000 m	5,050 m
Summit	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C	above 0 °C