Climate Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ 2020-2024

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

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

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	76.4	46	74	81	83	52
February	75.7	61	92	74	85	65
March	66.8	56	65	68	73	61
April	41.7		30	37	36	45
May	36.4		24	38	27	43
June	39.6		27	24	43	49
July	33.5		23	21	29	41
August	36.3		28	25	41	47
September	42.1		22	33	34	49
October	45.8		28	52	60	54
November	40.7		23	27	61	45
December	56.7		49	47	38	86
Average	50.4	55.8	40.3	43.5	48.7	52.2

13th 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	98.4	98	100	99	96	98
February	99.3	99	100	100	99	98
March	99.0	99	100	100	99	98
April	98.3		99	100	98	98
May	99.3		99	100	98	100
June	97.6		100	100	98	96
July	99.3		100	100	99	99
August	99.3		100	100	99	99
September	98.9		99	100	99	97
October	98.9		100	100	99	100
November	97.5		97	100	99	98
December	98.3		99	100	96	100
Average	98.7	99.1	99.3	99.7	98.3	98.3

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	26.9	25	27	27	27	27
February	27.8	28	29	28	27	26
March	27.7	28	27	29	28	27
April	25.9		24	27	26	26
May	24.4		24	26	24	25
June	23.3		24	23	23	24
July	22.9		23	23	22	23
August	24.0		25	23	24	25
September	25.7		27	26	25	25
October	26.5		28	26	27	27
November	25.2		24	25	27	26
December	25.1		25	25	24	26
Average	25.7	27.3	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	16.1		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	16.4	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.

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	2.4		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	1.6	0.3	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 (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	9.7	8	12	10	10	8
February	9.8	9	10	8	8	9
March	9.3	10	9	9	10	8
April	8.0		8	8	7	7
May	6.1		6	6	6	6
June	5.8		6	6	6	6
July	6.0		6	6	6	6
August	6.1		7	6	6	6
September	6.3		6	6	6	6
October	7.8		9	8	8	7
November	9.3		9	11	9	10
December	9.8		10	10	10	11
Average	8.0	9.3	8.1	7.8	7.6	7.5

8th 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	051°	051°	054°	051°	056°
February	053°	053°	056°	054°	057°
March	060°	061°	061°	059°	063°
April		070°	074°	069°	100°
May		092°	105°	137°	143°
June		128°	141°	126°	177°
July		145°	145°	164°	173°
August		106°	137°	134°	134°
September		106°	104°	116°	107°
October		070°	081°	072°	086°
November		064°	057°	057°	057°
December		056°	052°	057°	050°

Prevailing wind direction

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