Ongata Rongai climate

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Ongata Rongai is warmest in February, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. April is the wettest month (108 mm) and July the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Ongata Rongai averages 570 mm of rain and 95 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 172,569 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month July 12 mm
Wettest month April 108 mm
Least cloud February 53 % cloud
Hottest on record February 32 °C
Coldest on record July 8.3 °C

What to expectOngata Rongai through the year

Ongata Rongai has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 21 °C in July to 26 °C in February, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 95 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 108 mm against 12 mm in July — 9.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.1 °C	36 mm	54 %
February	26.3 °C	30 mm	53 %
March	25.9 °C	58 mm	59 %
April	23.9 °C	108 mm	74 %
May	22.7 °C	82 mm	70 %
June	21.8 °C	33 mm	75 %
July	21.3 °C	12 mm	75 %
August	21.9 °C	18 mm	72 %
September	23.8 °C	14 mm	60 %
October	24.6 °C	43 mm	65 %
November	22.8 °C	87 mm	75 %
December	23.4 °C	49 mm	62 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	25.1 °C	14.5 °C	19.3 °C	30.4 °C	11.3 °C	16
February	26.3 °C	14.9 °C	20.2 °C	32.3 °C	12.2 °C	22
March	25.9 °C	15.5 °C	20.1 °C	30.8 °C	11.8 °C	20
April	23.9 °C	15.5 °C	19.0 °C	29.4 °C	13.1 °C	6
May	22.7 °C	14.6 °C	18.2 °C	26.6 °C	10.9 °C	1
June	21.8 °C	13.2 °C	17.3 °C	26.9 °C	9.8 °C	0
July	21.3 °C	12.2 °C	16.6 °C	26.3 °C	8.3 °C	1
August	21.9 °C	12.4 °C	16.9 °C	26.6 °C	8.7 °C	1
September	23.8 °C	13.0 °C	18.1 °C	28.4 °C	9.9 °C	9
October	24.6 °C	14.3 °C	18.9 °C	29.0 °C	10.9 °C	13
November	22.8 °C	14.6 °C	18.0 °C	27.4 °C	12.2 °C	2
December	23.4 °C	14.4 °C	18.3 °C	27.3 °C	11.2 °C	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	36 mm	6	12 h/day	54 %	65 %	17 km/h
February	30 mm	5	12 h/day	53 %	59 %	18 km/h
March	58 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	64 %	17 km/h
April	108 mm	16	12 h/day	74 %	75 %	14 km/h
May	82 mm	14	12 h/day	70 %	76 %	12 km/h
June	33 mm	6	12 h/day	75 %	72 %	11 km/h
July	12 mm	3	12 h/day	75 %	68 %	11 km/h
August	18 mm	4	12 h/day	72 %	67 %	12 km/h
September	14 mm	3	12 h/day	60 %	63 %	15 km/h
October	43 mm	7	12 h/day	65 %	65 %	16 km/h
November	87 mm	16	12 h/day	75 %	78 %	16 km/h
December	49 mm	10	12 h/day	62 %	74 %	17 km/h

How Ongata Rongai 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
Ongata Rongai	26 °C	12 °C	570 mm	95
Nairobi · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	656 mm	124
Kikuyu · Kenya	25 °C	11 °C	639 mm	31
Kitengela · Kenya	27 °C	13 °C	668 mm	128
Karuri · Kenya	25 °C	11 °C	691 mm	32
Limuru · Kenya	23 °C	9.0 °C	849 mm	9
Ruiru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	648 mm	119

Where Ongata Rongai ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	1st of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	1st of 50	90/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	6th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world year-round	12th of 50	90/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	23rd of 50	93/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	33rd of 50	95/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Ongata Rongai’s climate

When is the best time to visit Ongata Rongai?

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 Ongata Rongai get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °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 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Ongata Rongai?

April, averaging 108 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is July with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 570 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 Ongata Rongai 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: -1.395°, 36.764° (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.