Climate averages 1991–2020
Garissa weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Garissa: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Meru (228 km away). In November its highs average 22.1°C, 10.3°C cooler than Garissa, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Garissa ranks 2nd of 37 for the warmest November highs and 5th of 37 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 37 cities is 25.3°C; Garissa is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 42 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Garissa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 17 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| February | 35.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 35.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 20 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.4°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 36 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 33.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 16 | 3.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 32.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 2.0 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| August | 31.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.4 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 32.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 4.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 33.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 16 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| November, selected | 32.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 67 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 32.8°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 42 | 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
November in nearby cities
- Meru in NovemberKenya · 228 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 112 mm rain
- Isiolo in NovemberKenya · 246 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 99 mm rain
- Wajir in NovemberKenya · 249 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Kaambooni in NovemberSomalia · 253 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Mwala in NovemberKenya · 263 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 155 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in NovemberKenya · 275 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Nanyuki in NovemberKenya · 291 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Thika in NovemberKenya · 294 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 161 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 Garissa) is explained once on the Garissa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.