Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwala weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mwala: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (56 km away). In October its highs average 25.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Mwala, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mwala ranks 15th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Mwala is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 155 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Thika in OctoberKenya · 56 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Kitengela in OctoberKenya · 57 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Mlolongo in OctoberKenya · 57 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Ruiru in OctoberKenya · 59 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Nairobi in OctoberKenya · 71 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in OctoberKenya · 77 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 79 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 80 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 40 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.