Climate averages 1991–2020
Isiolo weather
in March.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a hot month in Isiolo: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Meru (35 km away). In March its highs average 25.5°C, 4.0°C cooler than Isiolo, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Isiolo ranks 12th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 7th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Isiolo is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 76 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
Isiolo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 41 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.4°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 23 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 29.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 43 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 76 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 47 | 7.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 28.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 28 | 5.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 38 | 7.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 40 | 9.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 52 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 99 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 55 | 13.3 | 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
- Meru in MarchKenya · 35 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Nanyuki in MarchKenya · 69 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Nyeri in MarchKenya · 111 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in MarchKenya · 125 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Thika in MarchKenya · 165 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Naivasha in MarchKenya · 175 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Ruiru in MarchKenya · 181 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Nakuru in MarchKenya · 183 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 48 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 Isiolo) is explained once on the Isiolo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.