Eldoret climate

Name: Eldoret
Address: KE

Eldoret is warmest in March, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 12 °C. August is the wettest month (285 mm) and February the driest (43 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Eldoret averages 1,845 mm of rain and 58 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 475,716 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month March 25 °C
Coldest month August 12 °C
Driest month February 43 mm
Wettest month August 285 mm
Least cloud February 51 % cloud
Hottest on record February 30 °C
Coldest on record January 8.1 °C

What to expectEldoret through the year

Eldoret has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in August to 25 °C in March, a swing of 3.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 58 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. August averages 285 mm against 43 mm in February — 6.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.1 °C	48 mm	52 %
February	25.2 °C	43 mm	51 %
March	25.3 °C	92 mm	57 %
April	23.7 °C	184 mm	74 %
May	22.4 °C	231 mm	67 %
June	21.1 °C	210 mm	70 %
July	20.2 °C	241 mm	73 %
August	20.5 °C	285 mm	70 %
September	21.8 °C	183 mm	59 %
October	22.2 °C	152 mm	68 %
November	22.0 °C	116 mm	71 %
December	22.9 °C	60 mm	55 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	24.1 °C	12.3 °C	18.2 °C	28.5 °C	8.1 °C	11
February	25.2 °C	12.8 °C	19.0 °C	29.8 °C	9.6 °C	17
March	25.3 °C	13.1 °C	19.1 °C	29.2 °C	10.3 °C	18
April	23.7 °C	13.2 °C	18.1 °C	28.7 °C	10.0 °C	8
May	22.4 °C	12.9 °C	17.3 °C	26.6 °C	10.3 °C	1
June	21.1 °C	12.3 °C	16.3 °C	24.9 °C	9.1 °C	0
July	20.2 °C	11.7 °C	15.5 °C	23.4 °C	9.1 °C	0
August	20.5 °C	11.6 °C	15.6 °C	23.4 °C	9.1 °C	0
September	21.8 °C	11.9 °C	16.5 °C	27.0 °C	9.3 °C	0
October	22.2 °C	12.2 °C	17.0 °C	26.4 °C	10.0 °C	0
November	22.0 °C	12.2 °C	16.9 °C	25.5 °C	8.9 °C	0
December	22.9 °C	12.0 °C	17.4 °C	27.1 °C	8.7 °C	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	48 mm	6	12 h/day	52 %	58 %	14 km/h
February	43 mm	5	12 h/day	51 %	54 %	15 km/h
March	92 mm	10	12 h/day	57 %	59 %	14 km/h
April	184 mm	19	12 h/day	74 %	71 %	12 km/h
May	231 mm	21	12 h/day	67 %	77 %	8.8 km/h
June	210 mm	23	12 h/day	70 %	81 %	7.8 km/h
July	241 mm	27	12 h/day	73 %	85 %	8.0 km/h
August	285 mm	27	12 h/day	70 %	85 %	8.1 km/h
September	183 mm	19	12 h/day	59 %	76 %	8.6 km/h
October	152 mm	16	12 h/day	68 %	74 %	11 km/h
November	116 mm	13	12 h/day	71 %	74 %	14 km/h
December	60 mm	7	12 h/day	55 %	65 %	15 km/h

How Eldoret compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Eldoret	25 °C	12 °C	1,845 mm	58
Kitale · Kenya	24 °C	11 °C	1,644 mm	24
Kakamega · Kenya	29 °C	14 °C	1,615 mm	212
Kisumu · Kenya	30 °C	18 °C	1,785 mm	343
Nakuru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	706 mm	90

Where Eldoret ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	8thof 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	10thof 50	95/100
The coolest places in Africa in September	19thof 50	22 °C
The coolest places in Africa in October	24thof 50	22 °C
The coolest places in Africa in August	28thof 50	21 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	32ndof 50	94/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Eldoret.

QuestionsCommon questions about Eldoret’s climate

When is the best time to visit Eldoret?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Eldoret get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 30 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Eldoret?

August, averaging 285 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is February with 43 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,845 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Eldoret rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.