Climate averages 1991–2020
Malindi weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Malindi: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kilifi (55 km away). In September its highs average 27.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Malindi, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Malindi ranks joint 12th of 37 for the warmest September highs and 18th of 37 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 37 cities is 25.7°C; Malindi is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 65 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kilifi in SeptemberKenya · 55 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Mtwapa in SeptemberKenya · 90 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Jomvu in SeptemberKenya · 102 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Mombasa in SeptemberKenya · 106 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Matuga in SeptemberKenya · 122 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Ukunda in SeptemberKenya · 134 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Tanga in SeptemberTanzania · 235 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Kaambooni in SeptemberSomalia · 240 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 26 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.