Matuga climate

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Matuga is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 22 °C. May is the wettest month (228 mm) and February the driest (17 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Matuga averages 1,006 mm of rain and 341 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 194,252 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month August 22 °C
Driest month February 17 mm
Wettest month May 228 mm
Least cloud September 42 % cloud
Hottest on record February 35 °C
Coldest on record September 18 °C
Warmest sea April 29 °C

What to expectMatuga through the year

Matuga has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in August to 31 °C in February, a swing of 3.8 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 341 days a year reach 25 °C, 82 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. May averages 228 mm against 17 mm in February — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

The sea off Matuga 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	30.5 °C	26 mm	54 %
February	31.0 °C	17 mm	53 %
March	30.6 °C	59 mm	55 %
April	28.6 °C	150 mm	63 %
May	26.9 °C	228 mm	61 %
June	26.0 °C	98 mm	56 %
July	25.3 °C	78 mm	55 %
August	25.6 °C	64 mm	49 %
September	26.5 °C	58 mm	42 %
October	27.5 °C	92 mm	49 %
November	28.4 °C	76 mm	53 %
December	29.7 °C	62 mm	49 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.5 °C	24.3 °C	26.8 °C	33.1 °C	22.0 °C	31	21
February	31.0 °C	24.3 °C	27.1 °C	35.3 °C	21.2 °C	28	24
March	30.6 °C	24.6 °C	27.2 °C	33.8 °C	22.5 °C	31	21
April	28.6 °C	24.1 °C	26.1 °C	32.7 °C	22.3 °C	30	4
May	26.9 °C	23.4 °C	24.9 °C	30.3 °C	21.2 °C	29	0
June	26.0 °C	22.6 °C	24.2 °C	28.4 °C	20.3 °C	26	0
July	25.3 °C	21.9 °C	23.4 °C	27.5 °C	19.9 °C	21	0
August	25.6 °C	21.6 °C	23.4 °C	27.6 °C	19.2 °C	25	0
September	26.5 °C	22.0 °C	24.0 °C	28.8 °C	18.2 °C	29	0
October	27.5 °C	22.6 °C	24.8 °C	30.5 °C	18.7 °C	31	0
November	28.4 °C	23.1 °C	25.6 °C	31.4 °C	20.8 °C	30	1
December	29.7 °C	23.9 °C	26.5 °C	33.2 °C	21.8 °C	31	11

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind	Sea temp
January	26 mm	5	12 h/day	54 %	75 %	21 km/h	27.6 °C
February	17 mm	4	12 h/day	53 %	74 %	21 km/h	27.9 °C
March	59 mm	14	12 h/day	55 %	77 %	18 km/h	28.8 °C
April	150 mm	24	12 h/day	63 %	82 %	19 km/h	28.9 °C
May	228 mm	23	12 h/day	61 %	83 %	21 km/h	27.9 °C
June	98 mm	20	12 h/day	56 %	80 %	23 km/h	26.8 °C
July	78 mm	21	12 h/day	55 %	80 %	23 km/h	25.8 °C
August	64 mm	19	12 h/day	49 %	80 %	21 km/h	25.4 °C
September	58 mm	17	12 h/day	42 %	79 %	19 km/h	25.6 °C
October	92 mm	17	12 h/day	49 %	80 %	18 km/h	26.5 °C
November	76 mm	17	12 h/day	53 %	82 %	16 km/h	27.5 °C
December	62 mm	14	12 h/day	49 %	79 %	17 km/h	28.0 °C

How Matuga 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
Matuga	31 °C	22 °C	1,006 mm	341
Mombasa · Kenya	32 °C	22 °C	861 mm	361
Jomvu · Kenya	33 °C	22 °C	857 mm	363
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 Matuga ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Best beach destinations in Africa in February	13thof 50	89/100
Best beach destinations in Africa in January	15thof 50	90/100
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April	16thof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in March	22ndof 50	29 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in January	29thof 50	28 °C
Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February	31stof 50	28 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Matuga’s climate

When is the best time to visit Matuga?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. July, August, September 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 Matuga get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 82 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °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 Matuga?

May, averaging 228 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is February with 17 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,006 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 Matuga 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.