Climate averages 1991–2020
Ongata Rongai weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Ongata Rongai: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ngong (11 km away). In March its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Ongata Rongai, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ongata Rongai ranks 27th of 37 for the warmest March highs and joint 9th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Ongata Rongai is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 100 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Ongata Rongai climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ngong in MarchKenya · 11 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Nairobi in MarchKenya · 14 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Mlolongo in MarchKenya · 20 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Kikuyu in MarchKenya · 20 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Kitengela in MarchKenya · 24 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MarchKenya · 24 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Limuru in MarchKenya · 34 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Ruiru in MarchKenya · 35 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 58 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 Ongata Rongai) is explained once on the Ongata Rongai year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.