Climate averages 1991–2020
Eldoret weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Eldoret: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 304 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitale (62 km away). In August its highs average 18.5°C, 2.1°C cooler than Eldoret, with 224 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Eldoret ranks 30th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 37th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Eldoret is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 304 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kitale in AugustKenya · 62 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Kakamega in AugustKenya · 63 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Khwisero in AugustKenya · 85 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 139 mm rain
- Kisumu in AugustKenya · 89 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Nakuru in AugustKenya · 128 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Busia in AugustKenya · 129 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Kisii in AugustKenya · 145 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Naivasha in AugustKenya · 189 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 50 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.