Climate averages 1991–2020
Malindi weather
in January.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Malindi: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kilifi (55 km away). In January its highs average 30.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Malindi, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Malindi ranks 11th of 37 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Malindi is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 14 mm to 7.4 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
Malindi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kilifi in JanuaryKenya · 55 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Mtwapa in JanuaryKenya · 90 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Jomvu in JanuaryKenya · 102 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Mombasa in JanuaryKenya · 106 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Matuga in JanuaryKenya · 122 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Ukunda in JanuaryKenya · 134 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Tanga in JanuaryTanzania · 235 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Kaambooni in JanuarySomalia · 240 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 14 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.