Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwala weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mwala: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (56 km away). In January its highs average 25.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mwala, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mwala ranks joint 18th of 37 for the warmest January highs and 21st of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Mwala is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Thika in JanuaryKenya · 56 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Kitengela in JanuaryKenya · 57 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Mlolongo in JanuaryKenya · 57 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.8°C · 41 mm rain
- Ruiru in JanuaryKenya · 59 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Nairobi in JanuaryKenya · 71 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in JanuaryKenya · 77 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in JanuaryKenya · 79 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 26 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in JanuaryKenya · 80 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 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.