Climate averages 1991–2020
Ngong weather
in August.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Ngong: daytime highs average 21.6°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd 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 Ongata Rongai (11 km away). In August its highs average 21.9°C, about as warm as Ngong, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ngong ranks 29th of 37 for the warmest August highs and joint 11th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Ngong is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 16 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
Ngong climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 35 | 6.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 30 | 4.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 57 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 23.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 114 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 22.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 92 | 16.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 42 | 7.9 | 12.012 h |
| July | 20.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 13 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 21.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 21 | 3.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 23.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 16 | 3.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 40 | 9.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 83 | 17.6 | 12.212 h |
| December | 23.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 47 | 10.2 | 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
- Ongata Rongai in AugustKenya · 11 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Kikuyu in AugustKenya · 12 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Nairobi in AugustKenya · 18 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AugustKenya · 22 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Limuru in AugustKenya · 27 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Mlolongo in AugustKenya · 30 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Kitengela in AugustKenya · 35 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Ruiru in AugustKenya · 40 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 12 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 Ngong) is explained once on the Ngong year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Nairobi, Kikuyu and Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.