Mwala climate

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Mwala is warmest in February, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 14 °C. November is the wettest month (166 mm) and July the driest (3.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mwala averages 631 mm of rain and 200 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 181,896 · 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 28 °C
Coldest month July 14 °C
Driest month July 3 mm
Wettest month November 166 mm
Least cloud January 52 % cloud
Hottest on record February 32 °C
Coldest on record July 11 °C

What to expectMwala through the year

Mwala has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in July to 28 °C in February, a swing of 3.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 200 days a year reach 25 °C, 5 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 166 mm against 3 mm in July — 53 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.1 °C	46 mm	52 %
February	27.7 °C	30 mm	52 %
March	27.3 °C	79 mm	60 %
April	25.5 °C	120 mm	72 %
May	24.7 °C	42 mm	66 %
June	23.9 °C	7 mm	73 %
July	23.4 °C	3 mm	74 %
August	24.0 °C	5 mm	71 %
September	26.0 °C	6 mm	57 %
October	26.6 °C	44 mm	63 %
November	24.5 °C	166 mm	75 %
December	24.7 °C	84 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.1 °C	16.2 °C	21.0 °C	31.1 °C	11.7 °C	23	0
February	27.7 °C	16.8 °C	22.0 °C	32.3 °C	13.1 °C	27	2
March	27.3 °C	17.5 °C	21.9 °C	32.1 °C	13.6 °C	28	2
April	25.5 °C	17.6 °C	20.9 °C	30.4 °C	14.7 °C	19	0
May	24.7 °C	16.4 °C	20.2 °C	28.4 °C	11.2 °C	12	0
June	23.9 °C	14.9 °C	19.3 °C	28.4 °C	11.6 °C	7	0
July	23.4 °C	14.0 °C	18.6 °C	28.5 °C	10.7 °C	5	0
August	24.0 °C	14.4 °C	18.9 °C	28.6 °C	10.9 °C	9	0
September	26.0 °C	15.0 °C	20.1 °C	31.2 °C	11.4 °C	21	0
October	26.6 °C	16.4 °C	21.0 °C	31.4 °C	12.4 °C	25	0
November	24.5 °C	16.9 °C	20.0 °C	28.3 °C	13.7 °C	12	0
December	24.7 °C	16.5 °C	20.1 °C	29.0 °C	12.5 °C	13	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	46 mm	9	12 h/day	52 %	69 %	13 km/h
February	30 mm	7	12 h/day	52 %	63 %	13 km/h
March	79 mm	14	12 h/day	60 %	69 %	13 km/h
April	120 mm	20	12 h/day	72 %	77 %	12 km/h
May	42 mm	10	12 h/day	66 %	75 %	13 km/h
June	7 mm	2	12 h/day	73 %	69 %	13 km/h
July	3 mm	1	12 h/day	74 %	66 %	14 km/h
August	5 mm	2	12 h/day	71 %	65 %	15 km/h
September	6 mm	1	12 h/day	57 %	62 %	16 km/h
October	44 mm	8	12 h/day	63 %	65 %	15 km/h
November	166 mm	23	12 h/day	75 %	79 %	12 km/h
December	84 mm	18	12 h/day	61 %	78 %	12 km/h

How Mwala 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
Mwala	28 °C	14 °C	631 mm	200
Thika · Kenya	27 °C	13 °C	963 mm	119
Kitengela · Kenya	27 °C	13 °C	668 mm	128
Ruiru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	648 mm	119
Nairobi · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	656 mm	124
Ongata Rongai · Kenya	26 °C	12 °C	570 mm	95
Karuri · Kenya	28 °C	14 °C	963 mm	163

Where Mwala ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	5th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	6th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	7th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	9th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	13th of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	18th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mwala’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mwala?

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

How hot does Mwala get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 5 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 14 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mwala?

November, averaging 166 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is July with 3 mm. The year as a whole averages 631 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 Mwala 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
Data point: -1.353°, 37.455° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.