Climate Mvolo Airport 2022-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kitale Airport (HKKT) between 2022 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022
January	72.7	64	81
February	69.3	64	74
March	71.0	79	64
April	63.7		60	69
May	70.4		71	70
June	64.7		64	66
July	62.4		64	61
August	65.5		66	66
September	65.3		62	69
October	76.0		73	79
November	66.4		64	70
December	70.2		72	68
Average	68.6	69.4	67.6	68.7

7th 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	95.7	94	97
February	95.0	91	98
March	98.5	98	99
April	98.4		98	100
May	96.5		99	94
June	98.7		99	99
July	97.0		95	99
August	99.0		99	99
September	98.9		99	99
October	99.5		100	99
November	98.1		97	100
December	94.6		92	98
Average	96.9	94.6	97.6	98.5

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	26.7	26	28
February	28.6	28	30
March	28.2	29	27
April	26.1		26	26
May	26.1		26	26
June	25.2		26	25
July	24.6		25	24
August	25.4		27	24
September	25.8		27	25
October	26.2		26	26
November	25.3		25	26
December	26.4		27	26
Average	23.3	27.5	26.6	25.2

9th 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	12.9	15	11
February	13.3	14	13
March	13.7	14	13
April	14.9		14	16
May	13.3		14	12
June	13.5		14	13
July	13.9		14	14
August	12.7		13	12
September	12.7		14	12
October	13.5		14	13
November	14.0		15	13
December	13.0		14	12
Average	13.7	14.3	13.5	13.0

2nd 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	2.3	2	3
February	1.0	2	0
March	1.9	0	3
April	2.2		3	2
May	0.8		1	1
June	1.3		1	2
July	2.5		3	3
August	4.5		2	7
September	2.3		2	3
October	2.8		3	3
November	3.6		5	2
December	1.8		2	2
Average	2.0	1.2	2.3	2.6

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	1.8	2	2
February	1.9	2	2
March	1.8	2	2
April	1.6		2	1
May	1.5		2	1
June	1.3		1	1
July	1.6		2	2
August	1.5		2	2
September	1.5		2	2
October	1.7		2	2
November	1.7		2	2
December	1.7		2	2
Average	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.5

9th 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	355°	035°
February	033°	007°
March	052°	011°
April		358°	008°
May		017°	006°
June		321°	347°
July		237°	298°
August		022°	310°
September		010°	359°
October		034°	063°
November		008°	014°
December		355°	031°

Prevailing wind direction

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