Climate averages 1991–2020

Kilifi weather
in January.

A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.3°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 24.9°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 27 mm 5 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Kilifi: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mtwapa (36 km away). In January its highs average 31.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Kilifi, with 18 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kilifi ranks 10th of 37 for the warmest January highs and 12th of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Kilifi is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 14 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kilifi, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	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	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

January in nearby cities

Distance from Kilifi

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 limits

How 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.