Climate averages 1991–2020
Malindi weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Malindi: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kilifi (55 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Malindi, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Malindi ranks joint 11th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Malindi is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kilifi in OctoberKenya · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Mtwapa in OctoberKenya · 90 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Jomvu in OctoberKenya · 102 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Mombasa in OctoberKenya · 106 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Matuga in OctoberKenya · 122 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Ukunda in OctoberKenya · 134 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Tanga in OctoberTanzania · 235 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Kaambooni in OctoberSomalia · 240 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 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.