Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitale weather
in June.
A mild, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a mild month in Kitale: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 11.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes June a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eldoret (62 km away). In June its highs average 21.2°C, 2.3°C warmer than Kitale, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kitale ranks 36th of 37 for the warmest June highs and 36th of 37 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 37 cities is 24.4°C; Kitale is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Eldoret in JuneKenya · 62 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Kakamega in JuneKenya · 86 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Khwisero in JuneKenya · 104 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 144 mm rain
- Busia in JuneKenya · 117 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Kisumu in JuneKenya · 127 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Nakuru in JuneKenya · 189 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.5°C · 49 mm rain
- Kisii in JuneKenya · 191 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Njeru in JuneUganda · 213 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 142 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.