Naivasha climate

Name: Naivasha
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Naivasha is warmest in February, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in August, when nights average 12 °C. April is the wettest month (180 mm) and July the driest (36 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Naivasha averages 1,102 mm of rain and 40 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 198,444 · 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 25 °C
Coldest month August 12 °C
Driest month July 36 mm
Wettest month April 180 mm
Least cloud February 54 % cloud
Hottest on record March 31 °C
Coldest on record August 7.6 °C

What to expectNaivasha through the year

Naivasha has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in August to 25 °C in February, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 40 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 180 mm against 36 mm in July — 5.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.9 °C	75 mm	57 %
February	25.1 °C	57 mm	54 %
March	24.5 °C	109 mm	59 %
April	22.5 °C	180 mm	76 %
May	21.2 °C	122 mm	74 %
June	20.2 °C	69 mm	77 %
July	19.4 °C	36 mm	77 %
August	20.0 °C	51 mm	72 %
September	21.4 °C	50 mm	61 %
October	22.0 °C	80 mm	68 %
November	21.6 °C	158 mm	75 %
December	22.5 °C	115 mm	62 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	23.9 °C	13.0 °C	18.3 °C	29.0 °C	8.6 °C	8
February	25.1 °C	13.1 °C	19.0 °C	30.3 °C	9.5 °C	15
March	24.5 °C	13.6 °C	18.8 °C	31.1 °C	10.4 °C	11
April	22.5 °C	14.2 °C	17.9 °C	30.2 °C	10.5 °C	2
May	21.2 °C	13.7 °C	17.0 °C	26.5 °C	10.6 °C	0
June	20.2 °C	12.7 °C	16.1 °C	24.8 °C	9.7 °C	0
July	19.4 °C	11.8 °C	15.4 °C	24.6 °C	8.5 °C	0
August	20.0 °C	11.7 °C	15.7 °C	25.4 °C	7.6 °C	0
September	21.4 °C	11.9 °C	16.5 °C	27.0 °C	8.8 °C	0
October	22.0 °C	12.9 °C	17.2 °C	26.8 °C	9.8 °C	1
November	21.6 °C	13.2 °C	17.0 °C	27.2 °C	10.1 °C	1
December	22.5 °C	13.0 °C	17.6 °C	27.8 °C	9.8 °C	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	75 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	67 %	9.9 km/h
February	57 mm	6	12 h/day	54 %	63 %	11 km/h
March	109 mm	11	12 h/day	59 %	67 %	12 km/h
April	180 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	77 %	12 km/h
May	122 mm	18	12 h/day	74 %	79 %	12 km/h
June	69 mm	13	12 h/day	77 %	78 %	11 km/h
July	36 mm	9	12 h/day	77 %	76 %	12 km/h
August	51 mm	10	12 h/day	72 %	75 %	12 km/h
September	50 mm	10	12 h/day	61 %	72 %	12 km/h
October	80 mm	14	12 h/day	68 %	72 %	12 km/h
November	158 mm	20	12 h/day	75 %	78 %	10 km/h
December	115 mm	13	12 h/day	62 %	73 %	9.2 km/h

How Naivasha 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
Naivasha	25 °C	12 °C	1,102 mm	40
Limuru · Kenya	23 °C	9.0 °C	849 mm	9
Nakuru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	706 mm	90
Karuri · Kenya	25 °C	11 °C	691 mm	32
Kikuyu · Kenya	25 °C	11 °C	639 mm	31
Ruiru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	648 mm	119
Nairobi · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	656 mm	124

Where Naivasha ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa in September	14th of 50	21 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	16th of 50	94/100
The coolest places in Africa in August	18th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in October	21st of 50	22 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	29th of 50	91/100
The coolest places in Africa in May	29th of 50	21 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Naivasha’s climate

When is the best time to visit Naivasha?

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 July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Naivasha get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °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 Naivasha?

April, averaging 180 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is July with 36 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,102 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 Naivasha 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: -0.714°, 36.433° (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.