Climate averages 1991–2020
Malindi weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Malindi: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kilifi (55 km away). In July its highs average 26.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Malindi, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Malindi ranks 12th of 37 for the warmest July highs and 22nd of 37 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 37 cities is 23.8°C; Malindi is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kilifi in JulyKenya · 55 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Mtwapa in JulyKenya · 90 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Jomvu in JulyKenya · 102 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Mombasa in JulyKenya · 106 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Matuga in JulyKenya · 122 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Ukunda in JulyKenya · 134 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 74 mm rain
- Tanga in JulyTanzania · 235 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Kaambooni in JulySomalia · 240 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.4°C · 47 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.