Climate averages 1991–2020

Mandera weather
in April.

A hot, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.5°C Daytime mean, April

Average low 25.2°C Night-time mean, April

Rainfall 91 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

April is a hot month in Mandera: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Baidoa (219 km away). In April its highs average 32.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Mandera, with 95 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mandera ranks 3rd of 37 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Mandera is 7.3°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 33.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 34 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Mandera climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mandera, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	35.6°C24.1°C	24.1°C	1.9	0.4	11.912 h
February	36.7°C24.8°C	24.8°C	1.0	0.3	12.012 h
March	36.6°C25.7°C	25.7°C	15	2.4	12.112 h
April, selected	33.5°C25.2°C	25.2°C	91	13.2	12.212 h
May	33.2°C24.6°C	24.6°C	34	6.7	12.312 h
June	33.5°C24.5°C	24.5°C	0.7	0.2	12.312 h
July	32.5°C23.8°C	23.8°C	1.1	0.3	12.312 h
August	33.5°C23.7°C	23.7°C	0.7	0.2	12.212 h
September	34.9°C24.0°C	24.0°C	1.8	0.6	12.112 h
October	32.9°C24.2°C	24.2°C	72	9.4	12.012 h
November	31.4°C23.3°C	23.3°C	68	10.2	11.912 h
December	33.9°C23.5°C	23.5°C	11	2.1	11.912 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

April in nearby cities

Distance from Mandera

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mandera) is explained once on the Mandera year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.