Climate Moi International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Moi International Airport (HKMO) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	81.1	84	79	83	77	87
February	83.9	87	79	86	92	89
March	89.1	93	89	87	94	87
April	84.8		85	88	82	79
May	78.8		83	88	82	75
June	82.0		81	81	81	82
July	77.7		77	68	80	80
August	79.9		84	72	83	78
September	79.3		88	79	77	82
October	80.8		86	77	88	80
November	78.0		77	81	91	75
December	78.6		77	93	83	79
Average	81.9	88.0	82.1	81.6	84.2	81.1

3rd 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	99.8	100	100	100	100	100
February	99.7	100	100	100	100	100
March	99.7	100	100	100	100	99
April	98.8		98	100	100	99
May	99.0		98	100	100	99
June	99.5		100	98	100	100
July	99.6		100	99	100	100
August	99.5		99	100	100	100
September	99.3		100	100	100	100
October	98.6		100	100	100	100
November	98.9		98	100	99	99
December	98.1		100	100	100	100
Average	99.3	100.0	99.3	99.6	99.8	99.7

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	32.3	33	33	32	32	33
February	32.6	34	33	32	32	33
March	32.8	34	33	33	33	33
April	31.5		31	32	32	30
May	29.8		30	31	31	30
June	29.0		29	29	29	29
July	28.2		28	27	29	29
August	28.4		29	27	29	29
September	29.1		30	29	29	29
October	30.0		31	29	30	30
November	30.7		30	31	32	30
December	31.7		32	32	32	32
Average	30.8	33.5	30.5	30.1	30.6	30.5

5th 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	23.7	25	24	24	24	25
February	24.3	26	25	25	23	25
March	24.2	26	25	25	25	25
April	24.5		25	26	25	25
May	22.7		24	23	24	24
June	22.4		21	23	23	23
July	20.6		21	21	22	21
August	20.8		22	21	21	22
September	21.8		23	21	23	22
October	22.9		25	23	24	24
November	24.0		25	24	25	25
December	24.1		25	25	25	24
Average	23.2	25.5	23.7	23.2	23.6	23.6

11th 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	0.8	1	3	0	1	2
February	0.8	2	0	1	1	2
March	1.4	1	2	0	1	3
April	6.0		14	6	2	13
May	10.9		9	7	2	14
June	4.2		5	6	2	7
July	4.3		6	9	3	4
August	2.5		2	5	1	2
September	3.7		3	2	3	3
October	5.3		4	4	2	3
November	5.1		13	3	2	4
December	2.1		5	2	4	1
Average	3.6	1.3	5.3	3.6	1.9	4.7

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	8.3	8	9	9	8	7
February	8.3	9	9	9	8	7
March	7.6	8	9	9	8	7
April	8.3		8	9	10	7
May	9.1		8	10	11	9
June	9.2		8	11	9	10
July	9.2		9	10	10	10
August	8.4		10	9	8	8
September	8.5		10	10	8	8
October	7.6		8	10	8	7
November	6.1		6	7	7	6
December	6.8		6	7	6	7
Average	8.1	8.0	8.3	9.3	8.2	7.8

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	042°	053°	049°	059°	042°
February	059°	058°	066°	068°	072°
March	123°	087°	085°	094°	153°
April		165°	161°	188°	199°
May		178°	178°	191°	204°
June		181°	183°	190°	199°
July		181°	175°	190°	196°
August		169°	164°	176°	178°
September		155°	156°	165°	167°
October		146°	151°	153°	156°
November		168°	110°	128°	127°
December		043°	086°	087°	074°

Prevailing wind direction

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