Climate averages 1991–2020
Malindi weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Malindi: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kilifi (55 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Malindi, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Malindi ranks 11th of 37 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 37 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 37 cities is 26.0°C; Malindi is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kilifi in DecemberKenya · 55 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Mtwapa in DecemberKenya · 90 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Jomvu in DecemberKenya · 102 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Mombasa in DecemberKenya · 106 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Matuga in DecemberKenya · 122 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Ukunda in DecemberKenya · 134 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.6°C · 59 mm rain
- Tanga in DecemberTanzania · 235 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 24.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Kaambooni in DecemberSomalia · 240 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.2°C · 32 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.