Climate Nakuru Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Nakuru Airport (HKNK) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	72.3	67	77
February	78.2	64	93
March	70.6	74	67
April	51.3		49	55
May	62.3		61	64
June	69.1		65	73
July	66.6		63	71
August	60.9		64	58
September	62.0		61	63
October	56.4		49	64
November	44.6		35	56
December	67.4		67	68
Average	73.6	68.6	62.3	63.5

10th 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
January	99.1	100	98
February	95.5	93	99
March	98.0	97	99
April	99.6		100	100
May	98.4		99	98
June	99.8		100	100
July	97.1		96	98
August	99.2		99	100
September	99.2		100	99
October	99.7		99	100
November	99.6		99	100
December	99.6		99	100
Average	98.7	96.7	98.9	99.3

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
January	27.1	27	28
February	28.9	28	30
March	28.6	30	27
April	25.0		25	26
May	25.0		25	25
June	24.7		25	24
July	24.7		25	24
August	24.8		26	24
September	26.2		28	24
October	25.6		26	26
November	24.1		23	25
December	25.8		26	25
Average	25.5	28.2	26.1	24.7

11th 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
January	12.7	15	11
February	13.0	13	13
March	14.2	15	14
April	14.0		13	15
May	13.0		12	14
June	13.0		13	13
July	13.3		13	14
August	12.8		13	13
September	12.8		13	12
October	12.9		14	12
November	13.6		14	13
December	12.6		13	12
Average	15.8	14.0	12.9	13.1

3rd lowest temperature of Kenya

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	1.9	3	1
February	0.3	1	0
March	3.0	2	5
April	7.2		8	6
May	4.8		4	5
June	2.2		2	3
July	1.4		1	2
August	3.1		1	5
September	4.5		6	4
October	3.5		3	5
November	6.0		9	3
December	2.7		1	5
Average	2.2	1.7	3.3	4.1

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
January	3.9	4	4
February	4.3	4	5
March	4.3	4	5
April	3.0		3	4
May	3.2		3	3
June	3.0		3	3
July	3.7		3	4
August	3.5		4	3
September	2.9		3	3
October	2.8		3	3
November	2.9		3	3
December	3.7		4	3
Average	2.6	3.8	3.5	3.2

11th 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
January	359°	011°
February	003°	007°
March	023°	001°
April		001°	011°
May		159°	309°
June		167°	138°
July		146°	139°
August		144°	135°
September		127°	134°
October		013°	042°
November		356°	010°
December		353°	013°

Prevailing wind direction

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