Climate Nairobi / Dagoretti 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nairobi Wilson Airport (HKNW) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.5	31	68	73	74	35
February	64.9	49	89	69	62	51
March	51.3	32	51	71	64	35
April	25.1		16	28	23	26
May	20.3		18	25	18	20
June	19.5		22	23	19	24
July	20.2		21	11	16	28
August	23.5		27	21	36	25
September	29.6		20	25	22	32
October	36.1		28	53	48	33
November	26.1		18	29	44	28
December	42.8		43	35	26	67
Average	35.7	36.6	34.8	38.6	35.9	33.5

15th 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	97.1	96	99	95	99	98
February	99.1	100	100	99	100	100
March	98.1	100	99	100	99	99
April	98.3		100	99	98	97
May	99.1		99	99	99	99
June	98.5		99	99	99	100
July	99.1		100	99	100	100
August	98.1		99	99	98	99
September	97.7		100	98	97	96
October	99.1		99	100	100	100
November	97.8		95	99	100	98
December	98.8		100	99	99	99
Average	98.4	98.6	98.9	98.8	98.8	98.6

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	26.0	26	26	27	26	25
February	27.1	28	29	27	26	27
March	27.2	28	27	28	27	27
April	25.3		25	26	26	25
May	24.2		24	25	24	25
June	22.9		24	23	22	23
July	22.4		23	22	22	22
August	23.4		24	22	23	24
September	24.9		26	25	25	24
October	25.9		27	27	27	26
November	24.7		24	24	26	25
December	24.9		25	25	24	26
Average	25.1	26.9	25.2	25.0	24.8	24.9

10th 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	15.2	17	13	16	16	15
February	16.5	18	15	17	16	17
March	16.4	17	17	17	17	17
April	16.7		17	18	16	16
May	15.5		16	16	14	16
June	14.3		14	14	13	14
July	13.6		14	14	13	13
August	13.6		15	13	14	13
September	14.3		15	14	14	15
October	15.5		17	15	16	16
November	15.8		16	16	17	17
December	16.2		17	16	17	15
Average	15.5	17.0	15.5	15.3	15.0	15.2

8th 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	2.5	5	2	1	0	8
February	1.0	2	0	1	3	1
March	2.7	1	3	0	1	2
April	4.8		7	5	2	7
May	2.8		2	1	3	1
June	1.3		1	1	0	3
July	1.4		1	2	2	0
August	1.9		2	1	2	3
September	2.1		3	2	1	3
October	3.1		3	1	1	2
November	6.4		9	6	3	5
December	4.1		3	3	5	1
Average	2.8	2.9	2.8	1.9	1.8	2.9

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	8.9	7	11	9	10	8
February	9.5	9	10	8	8	10
March	9.1	9	10	9	10	8
April	7.8		8	9	8	7
May	6.1		6	6	6	6
June	5.3		5	5	6	6
July	5.5		6	6	6	6
August	5.9		7	6	6	6
September	6.0		6	7	7	6
October	7.7		9	8	8	6
November	9.0		8	10	10	9
December	9.5		10	10	10	10
Average	7.6	8.3	7.9	7.6	7.7	7.3

10th 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	072°	069°	069°	069°	060°
February	072°	070°	073°	072°	063°
March	076°	073°	074°	074°	066°
April		085°	086°	086°	100°
May		122°	119°	142°	137°
June		129°	144°	131°	174°
July		142°	147°	161°	172°
August		117°	132°	139°	140°
September		119°	116°	127°	111°
October		081°	098°	085°	098°
November		081°	071°	076°	075°
December		072°	072°	074°	070°

Prevailing wind direction

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