Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitale weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kitale: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 11.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eldoret (62 km away). In February its highs average 25.3°C, 2.2°C warmer than Kitale, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kitale ranks 37th of 37 for the warmest February highs and 29th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Kitale is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Eldoret in FebruaryKenya · 62 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Kakamega in FebruaryKenya · 86 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Khwisero in FebruaryKenya · 104 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Busia in FebruaryKenya · 117 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 110 mm rain
- Kisumu in FebruaryKenya · 127 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Nakuru in FebruaryKenya · 189 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Kisii in FebruaryKenya · 191 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Njeru in FebruaryUganda · 213 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 104 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.