Weather in Mombasa

Calculated from weather data of Malindi Airport (HKML) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.0	31.6	30.8	30.8	30.3	31.5
February	31.1	32.3	30.5	31.1	30.6	31.6
March	32.0	33.5	31.6	31.3	31.8	33.0
April	31.5	31.3	31.1	31.8	31.1	31.3
May	29.4		29.8	29.8	30.3	29.6
June	28.5		29.1	28.1	28.5	28.6
July	27.8		27.8	27.1	28.3	27.8
August	28.0		28.3	27.5	28.3	27.6
September	28.5		28.6	28.1	29.1	28.3
October	29.7		30.1	29.1	30.1	30.3
November	30.6		30.3	30.1	31.8	30.6
December	31.4		31.5	31.3	31.3	31.1
Average	30.2	32.2	29.9	29.7	30.1	30.1

6th highest temperature of Kenya

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	25.2	25	26	27	24	25
February	25.3	26	26	25	24	26
March	26.1	28	26	27	26	26
April	25.8	27	26	27	26	23
May	24.7		24	26	26	24
June	24.6		25	24	24	25
July	23.9		23	24	24	24
August	23.9		24	24	24	23
September	23.9		25	23	25	22
October	24.2		25	25	25	23
November	25.2		25	25	26	25
December	25.1		26	26	25	25
Average	25.0	26.3	25.0	25.2	24.9	24.3

14th lowest temperature of Kenya

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	111	156	143	160	182
25 °C or warmer	119	361	346	356	363
20 °C or warmer	119	363	347	356	364
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	0.7	0	1	1	0	2
February	0.2	0	0	1	0	0
March	1.8	3	2	0	0	3
April	5.6	7	8	3	2	12
May	11.7		8	9	3	15
June	5.5		4	11	4	5
July	5.0		5	8	5	4
August	2.3		2	0	3	3
September	3.2		2	1	3	7
October	3.2		2	0	2	1
November	3.2		10	2	1	2
December	1.6		2	0	3	1
Average	3.5	2.4	3.6	3.2	2.3	4.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.8	16	23	18	20	16
February	19.8	15	19	19	19	19
March	17.2	15	19	18	18	16
April	20.7	20	17	20	26	18
May	21.7		20	22	27	23
June	23.9		19	24	23	25
July	23.2		23	22	25	26
August	23.1		23	23	24	22
September	21.8		20	24	23	21
October	19.6		17	23	21	21
November	13.7		10	13	16	14
December	15.3		12	14	12	19
Average	19.7	16.8	18.6	20.2	21.4	20.0

2nd highest wind speed of Kenya

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NE	NE	NE	E	NE
February	E	E	E	E	E
March	SE	E	E	E	SE
April	S	S	S	S	S
May		S	S	S	S
June		S	S	S	S
July		S	S	S	S
August		S	S	S	S
September		S	S	S	S
October		S	S	S	S
November		S	SE	SE	SE
December		E	E	E	E

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Mombasa weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Mombasa?

The warmest month is March with an average temperature of 32 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Mombasa?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 28 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Mombasa?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in May with a probability of around 11.8 %.

Which month is the driest in Mombasa?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in February. The probability is about 0.3 %.