Climate Athi River Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Eldoret International Airport (HKEL) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	77.8	60	89	84	91	68
February	81.5	72	92	72	72	81
March	76.9	82	62	82	85	74
April	69.2		70	72	73	65
May	73.0		76	79	68	71
June	65.5		66	67	82	55
July	59.2		67	52	58	64
August	59.5		70	49	59	57
September	66.8		68	60	60	63
October	73.3		76	74	79	69
November	72.9		65	69	77	78
December	79.0		83	78	81	87
Average	71.3	71.1	73.4	69.3	73.0	69.1

6th 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	98.9	99	99	98	100	98
February	98.5	99	99	97	100	98
March	98.8	99	99	99	100	99
April	97.1		99	94	98	97
May	97.6		98	99	99	99
June	97.9		98	99	99	99
July	97.5		99	100	98	97
August	98.3		100	99	98	97
September	98.8		99	99	99	99
October	98.9		99	99	99	99
November	97.1		99	97	96	99
December	97.3		100	98	100	100
Average	98.2	99.3	98.9	98.2	98.8	98.2

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	24.4	24	24	24	24	24
February	25.4	25	27	25	24	24
March	25.4	26	25	26	26	25
April	24.3		24	25	25	24
May	23.6		24	24	23	23
June	22.6		23	23	23	22
July	21.9		23	22	22	21
August	22.5		24	22	23	23
September	23.0		24	23	23	23
October	23.5		24	24	24	23
November	23.3		22	24	24	23
December	23.8		24	24	24	24
Average	23.8	25.0	23.9	23.6	23.7	23.2

12th 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	11.0	13	10	11	11	12
February	12.0	13	11	11	12	13
March	12.0	13	11	12	12	12
April	12.4		12	12	12	12
May	11.8		11	12	12	13
June	11.5		13	10	11	12
July	11.3		11	12	12	12
August	10.7		10	9	11	11
September	11.1		12	11	12	11
October	12.1		12	12	12	12
November	12.0		13	12	12	12
December	11.2		11	10	13	11
Average	11.7	12.9	11.4	11.3	11.8	11.7

1st 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	2.4	7	1	3	1	3
February	1.2	1	0	2	5	2
March	1.9	1	4	1	1	2
April	4.2		6	2	1	6
May	3.8		2	3	7	3
June	4.3		3	2	1	6
July	4.6		3	4	5	6
August	5.3		1	8	5	4
September	3.6		2	1	5	5
October	2.9		1	2	2	4
November	3.1		5	4	2	1
December	1.6		0	1	1	1
Average	3.2	2.7	2.3	2.8	3.1	3.5

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	8.6	6	10	9	10	8
February	9.2	8	9	7	7	10
March	9.1	10	7	9	10	8
April	8.4		9	9	8	7
May	6.4		6	7	6	6
June	5.3		5	6	6	5
July	4.8		5	4	5	5
August	5.0		6	5	5	5
September	5.6		5	6	5	5
October	7.2		9	7	7	6
November	9.3		9	10	9	10
December	9.2		9	10	11	10
Average	7.4	8.2	7.4	7.2	7.3	6.9

12th 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	091°	131°	120°	114°	106°
February	122°	127°	085°	111°	106°
March	124°	127°	109°	118°	108°
April		120°	114°	120°	119°
May		127°	105°	097°	116°
June		096°	103°	104°	320°
July		102°	330°	288°	302°
August		121°	311°	084°	355°
September		098°	120°	106°	099°
October		130°	140°	123°	128°
November		123°	135°	123°	120°
December		126°	130°	120°	120°

Prevailing wind direction

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