Climate averages 1991–2020
Jomvu weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Jomvu: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mombasa (10 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Jomvu, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Jomvu ranks 7th of 37 for the warmest August highs and joint 19th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Jomvu is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 38 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
Jomvu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 20 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 32.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 62 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 108 | 22.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 155 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 58 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 46 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 27.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 40 | 15.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 38 | 14.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 69 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 83 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 70 | 17.0 | 12.312 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
- Mombasa in AugustKenya · 10 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Mtwapa in AugustKenya · 16 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Matuga in AugustKenya · 21 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Ukunda in AugustKenya · 34 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Kilifi in AugustKenya · 48 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Malindi in AugustKenya · 102 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Tanga in AugustTanzania · 133 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Handeni in AugustTanzania · 239 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 41 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 Jomvu) is explained once on the Jomvu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.