Climate averages 1991–2020
Malindi weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Malindi: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kilifi (55 km away). In February its highs average 30.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Malindi, with 14 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Malindi ranks joint 11th of 37 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Malindi is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.4 mm to 35 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kilifi in FebruaryKenya · 55 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Mtwapa in FebruaryKenya · 90 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Jomvu in FebruaryKenya · 102 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Mombasa in FebruaryKenya · 106 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Matuga in FebruaryKenya · 122 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Ukunda in FebruaryKenya · 134 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Tanga in FebruaryTanzania · 235 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Kaambooni in FebruarySomalia · 240 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 25.1°C · 2.4 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.