Weather in Nairobi Area

Calculated from weather data of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (HKJK) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	26.9	24.8	26.6	26.6	26.8	26.8
February	27.8	27.8	28.8	27.6	26.6	26.3
March	27.7	28.3	27.3	28.5	27.8	26.5
April	25.9	26.0	24.3	27.1	26.1	25.5
May	24.4		24.1	25.6	24.1	24.8
June	23.3		23.8	23.3	22.6	23.6
July	22.9		23.1	22.5	21.8	22.6
August	24.0		24.6	22.6	24.0	24.6
September	25.7		27.0	25.5	25.3	24.8
October	26.5		27.5	26.3	27.1	26.6
November	25.2		24.0	24.6	27.1	25.5
December	25.1		25.1	25.3	24.3	26.0
Average	25.6	26.9	25.5	25.5	25.3	25.3

8th 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	14.6	17	14	15	14	17
February	14.9	16	15	14	14	16
March	15.9	17	17	16	14	17
April	16.2	17	16	17	15	16
May	15.1		15	16	15	16
June	13.9		15	14	12	13
July	12.8		13	13	13	12
August	13.0		14	13	12	13
September	13.5		15	13	13	14
October	15.0		16	14	14	15
November	15.6		16	16	15	16
December	15.2		16	15	15	15
Average	14.8	16.5	15.1	14.4	13.8	14.9

6th 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	4	0	6	1	1
25 °C or warmer	87	181	184	178	174
20 °C or warmer	104	352	325	334	339
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	1.3	1	0	1	2	5
February	0.5	0	0	1	1	2
March	1.6	0	1	0	1	1
April	2.5	3	4	1	1	4
May	1.8		2	0	1	2
June	1.2		0	0	0	2
July	0.7		1	1	1	0
August	0.6		1	0	1	1
September	1.1		0	0	1	3
October	2.2		1	0	1	1
November	4.1		5	2	1	4
December	3.2		2	1	4	2
Average	1.7	1.1	1.2	0.5	1.2	2.0

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	18.1	15	22	18	19	16
February	18.2	17	19	15	15	18
March	17.3	18	18	18	18	15
April	14.6	13	14	16	14	14
May	11.4		10	11	11	11
June	10.7		10	11	10	12
July	11.1		11	11	12	12
August	11.3		12	11	11	11
September	11.8		12	12	12	11
October	14.6		17	14	15	12
November	17.3		16	20	17	19
December	18.2		19	19	19	20
Average	14.7	16.0	15.0	14.4	14.1	13.9

5th 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	NE	NE
February	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
March	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
April	SE	E	E	E	E
May		E	E	SE	SE
June		SE	SE	SE	S
July		SE	SE	S	S
August		E	SE	SE	SE
September		E	E	SE	E
October		E	E	E	E
November		NE	NE	NE	NE
December		NE	NE	NE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

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

Nairobi Area weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Nairobi Area?

The warmest month is February with an average temperature of 28 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Nairobi Area?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 23 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Nairobi Area?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in November with a probability of around 4.2 %.

Which month is the driest in Nairobi Area?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in February. The probability is about 0.5 %.