Climate averages 1991–2020
Malindi weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Malindi: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kilifi (55 km away). In April its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Malindi, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Malindi ranks 9th of 37 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Malindi is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 152 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Malindi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 14 | 2.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 7.4 | 1.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 35 | 9.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 96 | 22.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 152 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 61 | 14.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 44 | 12.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 26.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 34 | 12.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 30 | 10.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 65 | 12.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.7°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 60 | 14.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 44 | 11.3 | 12.312 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
April in nearby cities
- Kilifi in AprilKenya · 55 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Mtwapa in AprilKenya · 90 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Jomvu in AprilKenya · 102 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Mombasa in AprilKenya · 106 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Matuga in AprilKenya · 122 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Ukunda in AprilKenya · 134 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Tanga in AprilTanzania · 235 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Kaambooni in AprilSomalia · 240 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 81 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 Malindi) is explained once on the Malindi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.