Climate averages 1991–2020
Kitengela weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th 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 Kitengela: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mlolongo (9 km away). In January its highs average 25.4°C, about as warm as Kitengela, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kitengela ranks joint 21st of 37 for the warmest January highs and joint 22nd of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Kitengela is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 36 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
Kitengela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 41 | 7.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 36 | 6.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 72 | 13.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 132 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 80 | 15.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 22.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 31 | 6.7 | 12.012 h |
| July | 22.0°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 11 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 22.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 15 | 3.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 37 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 114 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 23.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 69 | 15.1 | 12.212 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
- Mlolongo in JanuaryKenya · 9 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in JanuaryKenya · 24 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Nairobi in JanuaryKenya · 27 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Ngong in JanuaryKenya · 35 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Ruiru in JanuaryKenya · 37 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in JanuaryKenya · 40 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Kikuyu in JanuaryKenya · 42 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Thika in JanuaryKenya · 51 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 41 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 Kitengela) is explained once on the Kitengela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mlolongo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.