Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilifi weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th 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 Kilifi: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mtwapa (36 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Kilifi, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kilifi ranks 10th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 18th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Kilifi is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 35 mm to 33 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
Kilifi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 27 | 5.2 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 14 | 3.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 56 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 112 | 22.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 167 | 20.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 59 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 27.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 35 | 12.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 33 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 73 | 14.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 74 | 17.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 65 | 16.2 | 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
- Mtwapa in AugustKenya · 36 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Jomvu in AugustKenya · 48 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Mombasa in AugustKenya · 52 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Malindi in AugustKenya · 55 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Matuga in AugustKenya · 67 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Ukunda in AugustKenya · 80 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Tanga in AugustTanzania · 180 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Handeni in AugustTanzania · 285 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 Kilifi) is explained once on the Kilifi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.