Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwala weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Mwala: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (56 km away). In August its highs average 22.5°C, 1.6°C cooler than Mwala, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mwala ranks 19th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Mwala is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 2.6 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
Mwala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 40 | 9.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 25 | 6.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 70 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 109 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 40 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 5.5 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 24.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 26.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 33 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 155 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 80 | 17.6 | 12.212 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
- Thika in AugustKenya · 56 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Kitengela in AugustKenya · 57 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Mlolongo in AugustKenya · 57 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Ruiru in AugustKenya · 59 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Nairobi in AugustKenya · 71 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in AugustKenya · 77 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in AugustKenya · 79 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AugustKenya · 80 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 21 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 Mwala) is explained once on the Mwala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.