Jomvu climate

Name: Jomvu
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Jomvu is warmest in February, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. May is the wettest month (167 mm) and February the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Jomvu averages 857 mm of rain and 363 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 163,415 · 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 February 33 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month February 23 mm
Wettest month May 167 mm
Least cloud September 46 % cloud
Hottest on record February 38 °C
Coldest on record September 18 °C
Warmest sea April 29 °C

What to expectJomvu through the year

Jomvu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in August to 33 °C in February, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 363 days a year reach 25 °C, 166 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 167 mm against 23 mm in February — 7.4 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Jomvu is warmest in April at 29 °C and coldest in August at 25 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	32.3 °C	31 mm	56 %
February	33.1 °C	23 mm	55 %
March	32.6 °C	66 mm	58 %
April	30.4 °C	121 mm	66 %
May	28.3 °C	167 mm	63 %
June	27.5 °C	64 mm	57 %
July	26.9 °C	51 mm	57 %
August	27.4 °C	45 mm	52 %
September	28.5 °C	46 mm	46 %
October	29.5 °C	79 mm	54 %
November	30.3 °C	91 mm	58 %
December	31.3 °C	75 mm	52 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	32.3 °C	24.3 °C	27.5 °C	35.6 °C	21.3 °C	31	30
February	33.1 °C	24.2 °C	27.8 °C	38.3 °C	20.4 °C	28	28
March	32.6 °C	24.7 °C	28.0 °C	37.3 °C	21.9 °C	31	30
April	30.4 °C	24.4 °C	26.9 °C	35.2 °C	22.4 °C	30	18
May	28.3 °C	23.6 °C	25.6 °C	32.8 °C	20.8 °C	30	3
June	27.5 °C	22.7 °C	24.7 °C	30.1 °C	20.7 °C	30	0
July	26.9 °C	21.9 °C	24.0 °C	29.7 °C	19.7 °C	30	0
August	27.4 °C	21.6 °C	24.1 °C	30.0 °C	19.3 °C	31	0
September	28.5 °C	22.0 °C	24.8 °C	32.2 °C	17.7 °C	30	2
October	29.5 °C	22.7 °C	25.6 °C	33.6 °C	18.6 °C	31	10
November	30.3 °C	23.3 °C	26.4 °C	33.8 °C	20.7 °C	30	18
December	31.3 °C	23.9 °C	27.1 °C	35.5 °C	21.2 °C	31	27

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	31 mm	6	12 h/day	56 %	74 %	18 km/h	27.6 °C
February	23 mm	5	12 h/day	55 %	73 %	18 km/h	27.9 °C
March	66 mm	16	12 h/day	58 %	76 %	16 km/h	28.8 °C
April	121 mm	22	12 h/day	66 %	81 %	17 km/h	28.9 °C
May	167 mm	20	12 h/day	63 %	83 %	19 km/h	27.9 °C
June	64 mm	16	12 h/day	57 %	80 %	21 km/h	26.8 °C
July	51 mm	14	12 h/day	57 %	79 %	22 km/h	25.8 °C
August	45 mm	15	12 h/day	52 %	79 %	20 km/h	25.4 °C
September	46 mm	14	12 h/day	46 %	78 %	18 km/h	25.6 °C
October	79 mm	15	12 h/day	54 %	79 %	17 km/h	26.5 °C
November	91 mm	20	12 h/day	58 %	81 %	15 km/h	27.5 °C
December	75 mm	17	12 h/day	52 %	78 %	15 km/h	28.0 °C

How Jomvu 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
Jomvu	33 °C	22 °C	857 mm	363
Mombasa · Kenya	32 °C	22 °C	861 mm	361
Matuga · Kenya	31 °C	22 °C	1,006 mm	341
Tanga · Tanzania	33 °C	21 °C	965 mm	363
Zanzibar · Tanzania	31 °C	22 °C	913 mm	364
Moshi · Tanzania	29 °C	16 °C	630 mm	232
Dar es Salaam · Tanzania	31 °C	22 °C	942 mm	364

Where Jomvu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	20thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in March	24thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in January	31stof 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February	33rdof 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa year-round	33rdof 50	27 °C
Best beach destinations in Africa in February	34thof 50	81/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Jomvu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Jomvu?

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

How hot does Jomvu get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 166 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 22 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Jomvu?

May, averaging 167 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is February with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 857 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 Jomvu 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.