Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitale weather
in August.
A mild, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Kitale: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 10.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eldoret (62 km away). In August its highs average 20.6°C, 2.1°C warmer than Kitale, with 304 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kitale ranks joint 36th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 36th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Kitale is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 19.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 224 mm to 174 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Eldoret in AugustKenya · 62 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 304 mm rain
- Kakamega in AugustKenya · 86 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Khwisero in AugustKenya · 104 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 139 mm rain
- Busia in AugustKenya · 117 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Kisumu in AugustKenya · 127 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Nakuru in AugustKenya · 189 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Kisii in AugustKenya · 191 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Njeru in AugustUganda · 213 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 138 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.