Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitale weather
in April.
A mild, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Kitale: daytime highs average 21.3°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eldoret (62 km away). In April its highs average 23.8°C, 2.4°C warmer than Kitale, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kitale ranks 36th of 37 for the warmest April highs and 27th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Kitale is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 189 mm to 220 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kitale climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 52 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| February | 23.1°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 49 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| March | 22.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 95 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 21.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 189 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 20.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 220 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| June | 18.9°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 199 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| July | 18.1°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 172 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| August | 18.5°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 224 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 19.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 174 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 20.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 158 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 20.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 141 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 21.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 71 | 10.8 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Eldoret in AprilKenya · 62 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Kakamega in AprilKenya · 86 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Khwisero in AprilKenya · 104 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 256 mm rain
- Busia in AprilKenya · 117 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 291 mm rain
- Kisumu in AprilKenya · 127 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 281 mm rain
- Nakuru in AprilKenya · 189 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Kisii in AprilKenya · 191 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Njeru in AprilUganda · 213 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 240 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 Kitale) is explained once on the Kitale year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.