Kitale climate

Name: Kitale
Address: KE

Kitale is warmest in February, with average highs of 24 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 11 °C. May is the wettest month (207 mm) and February the driest (44 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kitale averages 1,644 mm of rain and 24 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 162,174 · 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 24 °C
Coldest month August 11 °C
Driest month February 44 mm
Wettest month May 207 mm
Least cloud February 50 % cloud
Hottest on record April 32 °C
Coldest on record January 7.0 °C

What to expectKitale through the year

Kitale has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °C in August to 24 °C in February, a swing of 3.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 24 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in April.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 207 mm against 44 mm in February — 4.7 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.6 °C	51 mm	50 %
February	23.6 °C	44 mm	50 %
March	23.4 °C	92 mm	56 %
April	21.8 °C	185 mm	73 %
May	20.5 °C	207 mm	66 %
June	19.3 °C	186 mm	67 %
July	18.6 °C	162 mm	69 %
August	19.0 °C	206 mm	65 %
September	20.2 °C	157 mm	57 %
October	20.8 °C	153 mm	68 %
November	20.8 °C	136 mm	69 %
December	21.6 °C	66 mm	53 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	22.6 °C	11.4 °C	16.8 °C	29.1 °C	7.0 °C	4
February	23.6 °C	12.0 °C	17.5 °C	31.0 °C	8.6 °C	7
March	23.4 °C	12.4 °C	17.5 °C	30.9 °C	9.4 °C	7
April	21.8 °C	12.5 °C	16.7 °C	31.7 °C	10.0 °C	2
May	20.5 °C	12.1 °C	15.7 °C	27.0 °C	9.6 °C	0
June	19.3 °C	11.3 °C	14.8 °C	25.6 °C	8.1 °C	0
July	18.6 °C	10.7 °C	14.2 °C	23.2 °C	7.2 °C	0
August	19.0 °C	10.6 °C	14.3 °C	24.2 °C	7.7 °C	0
September	20.2 °C	10.8 °C	15.1 °C	26.4 °C	8.3 °C	0
October	20.8 °C	11.4 °C	15.6 °C	26.7 °C	8.7 °C	0
November	20.8 °C	11.4 °C	15.7 °C	26.5 °C	9.2 °C	0
December	21.6 °C	11.2 °C	16.2 °C	28.2 °C	8.9 °C	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	51 mm	7	12 h/day	50 %	59 %	11 km/h
February	44 mm	6	12 h/day	50 %	55 %	11 km/h
March	92 mm	12	12 h/day	56 %	62 %	11 km/h
April	185 mm	20	12 h/day	73 %	73 %	9.1 km/h
May	207 mm	23	12 h/day	66 %	79 %	7.2 km/h
June	186 mm	22	12 h/day	67 %	80 %	6.5 km/h
July	162 mm	21	12 h/day	69 %	80 %	6.4 km/h
August	206 mm	22	12 h/day	65 %	80 %	6.7 km/h
September	157 mm	18	12 h/day	57 %	75 %	7.3 km/h
October	153 mm	20	12 h/day	68 %	75 %	8.0 km/h
November	136 mm	19	12 h/day	69 %	74 %	9.1 km/h
December	66 mm	10	12 h/day	53 %	66 %	10 km/h

How Kitale 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
Kitale	24 °C	11 °C	1,644 mm	24
Eldoret · Kenya	25 °C	12 °C	1,845 mm	58
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 Kitale ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	1stof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in February	7thof 50	97/100
The coolest places in Africa in August	9thof 50	19 °C
The coolest places in Africa in October	9thof 50	21 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	11thof 50	95/100
The coolest places in Africa in September	11thof 50	20 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kitale’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kitale?

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, February is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kitale get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 24 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in August, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kitale?

May, averaging 207 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is February with 44 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,644 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 Kitale 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.