Climate averages 1991–2020

Naivasha weather
in February.

A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 24.8°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 13.1°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 62 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Naivasha: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Limuru (50 km away). In February its highs average 23.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Naivasha, with 36 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Naivasha ranks joint 31st of 37 for the warmest February highs and 30th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Naivasha is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 121 mm.

The annual picture

February 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

Naivasha climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Naivasha, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	23.7°C13.0°C	13.0°C	82	8.9	12.212 h
February, selected	24.8°C13.1°C	13.1°C	62	6.5	12.112 h
March	24.3°C13.6°C	13.6°C	121	11.7	12.112 h
April	22.3°C14.3°C	14.3°C	181	20.4	12.112 h
May	21.0°C13.8°C	13.8°C	130	19.0	12.112 h
June	20.0°C12.7°C	12.7°C	70	13.9	12.112 h
July	19.2°C11.8°C	11.8°C	36	10.2	12.112 h
August	19.7°C11.7°C	11.7°C	50	11.1	12.112 h
September	21.1°C12.0°C	12.0°C	53	11.1	12.112 h
October	21.7°C13.0°C	13.0°C	86	14.7	12.112 h
November	21.4°C13.3°C	13.3°C	161	20.7	12.112 h
December	22.3°C13.1°C	13.1°C	119	12.9	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Naivasha

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 Naivasha) is explained once on the Naivasha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.