Climate averages 1991–2020

Mandera weather
in January.

A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

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

Average high 35.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 1.9 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a very hot month in Mandera: daytime highs average 35.6°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Baidoa (219 km away). In January its highs average 34.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Mandera, with 2.6 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mandera ranks 1st of 37 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Mandera is 8.3°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 36.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.9 mm to 1.0 mm.

The annual picture

January 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, selected	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	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

January 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.