Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitale weather
in November.
A mild, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Kitale: daytime highs average 20.4°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes November a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eldoret (62 km away). In November its highs average 22.1°C, 1.7°C warmer than Kitale, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kitale ranks 35th of 37 for the warmest November highs and 25th of 37 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 37 cities is 25.3°C; Kitale is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 141 mm to 71 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Eldoret in NovemberKenya · 62 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Kakamega in NovemberKenya · 86 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Khwisero in NovemberKenya · 104 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.8°C · 197 mm rain
- Busia in NovemberKenya · 117 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 210 mm rain
- Kisumu in NovemberKenya · 127 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 247 mm rain
- Nakuru in NovemberKenya · 189 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Kisii in NovemberKenya · 191 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 260 mm rain
- Njeru in NovemberUganda · 213 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.2°C · 202 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.