Climate averages 1991–2020

Ongata Rongai weather
in January.

A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

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

Average high 25.1°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 14.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 31 mm 6 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Ongata Rongai: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the joint 5th 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 Ngong (11 km away). In January its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Ongata Rongai, with 35 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ongata Rongai ranks joint 23rd of 37 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Ongata Rongai is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 23 mm.

The annual picture

January 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

Ongata Rongai climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Ongata Rongai, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	25.1°C14.6°C	14.6°C	31	5.6	12.212 h
February	26.3°C15.0°C	15.0°C	23	4.4	12.212 h
March	25.9°C15.6°C	15.6°C	49	9.4	12.112 h
April	23.9°C15.7°C	15.7°C	100	16.1	12.112 h
May	22.8°C14.7°C	14.7°C	82	14.7	12.112 h
June	21.8°C13.4°C	13.4°C	34	6.4	12.012 h
July	21.3°C12.3°C	12.3°C	11	2.6	12.012 h
August	21.9°C12.6°C	12.6°C	15	3.1	12.112 h
September	23.8°C13.2°C	13.2°C	12	2.2	12.112 h
October	24.6°C14.5°C	14.5°C	31	6.9	12.112 h
November	22.8°C14.7°C	14.7°C	75	15.8	12.212 h
December	23.5°C14.5°C	14.5°C	45	9.3	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

Distance from Ongata Rongai

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