Climate averages 1991–2020
Eldoret weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Eldoret: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitale (62 km away). In April its highs average 21.3°C, 2.4°C cooler than Eldoret, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Eldoret ranks 29th of 37 for the warmest April highs and 28th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Eldoret is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 195 mm to 245 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Eldoret climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 49 | 7.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.3°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 45 | 5.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 97 | 10.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 23.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 195 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 245 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 226 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 20.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 304 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 21.8°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 199 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.2°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 171 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 122 | 12.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 23.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 65 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Kitale in AprilKenya · 62 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Kakamega in AprilKenya · 63 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Khwisero in AprilKenya · 85 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 256 mm rain
- Kisumu in AprilKenya · 89 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Nakuru in AprilKenya · 128 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Busia in AprilKenya · 129 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 291 mm rain
- Kisii in AprilKenya · 145 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Naivasha in AprilKenya · 189 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 181 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Eldoret) is explained once on the Eldoret year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.