Climate averages 1991–2020
Malindi weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Malindi: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kilifi (55 km away). In August its highs average 27.0°C, 0.7°C warmer than Malindi, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Malindi ranks joint 12th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Malindi is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Kilifi in AugustKenya · 55 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Mtwapa in AugustKenya · 90 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Jomvu in AugustKenya · 102 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Mombasa in AugustKenya · 106 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Matuga in AugustKenya · 122 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Ukunda in AugustKenya · 134 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Tanga in AugustTanzania · 235 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Kaambooni in AugustSomalia · 240 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 31 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.