Climate averages 1991–2020
Eldoret weather
in July.
A mild, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Eldoret: daytime highs average 20.2°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 250 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes July a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitale (62 km away). In July its highs average 18.1°C, 2.1°C cooler than Eldoret, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Eldoret ranks 30th of 37 for the warmest July highs and 37th of 37 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 37 cities is 23.8°C; Eldoret is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 250 mm to 304 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kitale in JulyKenya · 62 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 10.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Kakamega in JulyKenya · 63 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Khwisero in JulyKenya · 85 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Kisumu in JulyKenya · 89 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Nakuru in JulyKenya · 128 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Busia in JulyKenya · 129 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Kisii in JulyKenya · 145 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Naivasha in JulyKenya · 189 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 36 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.