Climate averages 1991–2020
Mandera weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Mandera: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baidoa (219 km away). In August its highs average 30.6°C, 2.9°C cooler than Mandera, with 5.6 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mandera ranks 1st of 37 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Mandera is 9.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.8 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Mandera climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Baidoa in AugustSomalia · 219 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Negēlē in AugustEthiopia · 295 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Wajir in AugustKenya · 315 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 2.1 mm rain
- Marka in AugustSomalia · 407 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Mogadishu in AugustSomalia · 441 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Dīla in AugustEthiopia · 479 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Kismayo in AugustSomalia · 484 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Yirga ‘Alem in AugustEthiopia · 493 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 150 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 Mandera) is explained once on the Mandera year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.