Climate averages 1991–2020
Eldoret weather
in March.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Eldoret: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kitale (62 km away). In March its highs average 22.8°C, 2.5°C cooler than Eldoret, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Eldoret ranks 30th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 29th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Eldoret is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 195 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Kitale in MarchKenya · 62 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 12.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Kakamega in MarchKenya · 63 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Khwisero in MarchKenya · 85 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 158 mm rain
- Kisumu in MarchKenya · 89 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 18.8°C · 182 mm rain
- Nakuru in MarchKenya · 128 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Busia in MarchKenya · 129 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 216 mm rain
- Kisii in MarchKenya · 145 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Naivasha in MarchKenya · 189 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 121 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.