Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitale weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Kitale: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eldoret (62 km away). In December its highs average 23.0°C, 1.9°C warmer than Kitale, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kitale ranks joint 35th of 37 for the warmest December highs and 27th of 37 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 37 cities is 26.0°C; Kitale is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Eldoret in DecemberKenya · 62 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.9°C · 65 mm rain
- Kakamega in DecemberKenya · 86 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 136 mm rain
- Khwisero in DecemberKenya · 104 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 137 mm rain
- Busia in DecemberKenya · 117 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Kisumu in DecemberKenya · 127 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Nakuru in DecemberKenya · 189 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Kisii in DecemberKenya · 191 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Njeru in DecemberUganda · 213 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 19.2°C · 153 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.