Malindi Airport

HKML · Kilifi, Kenya

Climate Malindi Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 86.3 85 85 79 82 83
February 87.0 90 85 86 82 84
March 90.7 90 89 92 96 84
April 84.7 96 86 85 71 71
May 78.2 77 74 77 80
June 80.2 91 70 87 85
July 77.7 80 82 74 78
August 80.6 76 82 89 85
September 77.6 89 70 82 82
October 77.4 89 78 90 72
November 86.0 76 86 87 86
December 92.7 92 96 90 94
Average 83.9 90.3 84.5 80.8 84.0 82.2

4th best VFR conditions of Kenya

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 99.7 100 100 100 100 99
February 99.4 100 98 100 100 99
March 99.7 100 100 100 100 100
April 99.5 100 100 100 100 100
May 99.0 100 100 98 100
June 98.8 100 100 100 99
July 99.3 100 96 100 100
August 99.2 100 96 100 100
September 99.4 100 100 100 100
October 98.9 100 100 100 97
November 99.2 99 99 100 99
December 99.4 99 100 99 100
Average 99.4 100.0 99.6 99.3 99.6 99.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.0 32 31 31 30 32
February 31.1 32 31 31 31 32
March 32.0 34 32 31 32 33
April 31.5 31 31 32 31 31
May 29.4 30 30 30 30
June 28.5 29 28 29 29
July 27.8 28 27 28 28
August 28.0 28 28 28 28
September 28.5 29 28 29 28
October 29.7 30 29 30 30
November 30.6 30 30 32 31
December 31.4 32 31 31 31
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.

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 (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 10.6 9 12 10 11 9
February 10.7 8 10 10 10 10
March 9.3 8 10 10 10 9
April 11.1 11 9 11 14 10
May 11.7 11 12 15 12
June 12.9 10 13 13 14
July 12.5 12 12 14 14
August 12.4 13 12 13 12
September 11.8 11 13 12 11
October 10.6 9 12 11 12
November 7.4 6 7 9 8
December 8.2 6 8 7 10
Average 10.6 9.1 10.0 10.9 11.5 10.8

6th 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 057° 062° 063° 068° 061°
February 072° 071° 073° 071° 076°
March 135° 105° 089° 099° 139°
April 195° 172° 172° 190° 190°
May 185° 188° 188° 197°
June 190° 192° 185° 195°
July 186° 181° 188° 195°
August 183° 179° 182° 181°
September 179° 178° 178° 174°
October 160° 175° 165° 168°
November 175° 127° 134° 135°
December 069° 095° 098° 076°

Prevailing wind direction

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