Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitale weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kitale: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eldoret (62 km away). In January its highs average 24.2°C, 2.1°C warmer than Kitale, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kitale ranks 37th of 37 for the warmest January highs and 29th of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Kitale is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Eldoret in JanuaryKenya · 62 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Kakamega in JanuaryKenya · 86 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 14.0°C · 92 mm rain
- Khwisero in JanuaryKenya · 104 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 101 mm rain
- Busia in JanuaryKenya · 117 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Kisumu in JanuaryKenya · 127 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Nakuru in JanuaryKenya · 189 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Kisii in JanuaryKenya · 191 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Njeru in JanuaryUganda · 213 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 117 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.