Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitale weather
in July.
A mild, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Kitale: daytime highs average 18.1°C and nights cool to about 10.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 172 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eldoret (62 km away). In July its highs average 20.2°C, 2.1°C warmer than Kitale, with 250 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kitale ranks 36th of 37 for the warmest July highs and 36th of 37 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 37 cities is 23.8°C; Kitale is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 172 mm to 224 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Eldoret in JulyKenya · 62 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 250 mm rain
- Kakamega in JulyKenya · 86 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Khwisero in JulyKenya · 104 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 119 mm rain
- Busia in JulyKenya · 117 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Kisumu in JulyKenya · 127 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Nakuru in JulyKenya · 189 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Kisii in JulyKenya · 191 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Njeru in JulyUganda · 213 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 116 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.