Climate averages 1991–2020
Jomvu weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Jomvu: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mombasa (10 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Jomvu, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Jomvu ranks 5th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Jomvu is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 83 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mombasa in OctoberKenya · 10 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Mtwapa in OctoberKenya · 16 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Matuga in OctoberKenya · 21 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Ukunda in OctoberKenya · 34 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Kilifi in OctoberKenya · 48 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Malindi in OctoberKenya · 102 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Tanga in OctoberTanzania · 133 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Handeni in OctoberTanzania · 239 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 81 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.