Climate averages 1991–2020
Wajir weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Wajir: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Garissa (249 km away). In April its highs average 34.4°C, 1.4°C warmer than Wajir, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Wajir ranks 4th of 37 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Wajir is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 20 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Wajir climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 9.1 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| February | 35.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 35.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 29 | 3.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 33.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 69 | 12.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 32.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 20 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 31.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 2.1 | 0.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.6 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 35 | 6.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 31.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 87 | 13.5 | 12.012 h |
| December | 32.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 12.012 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
April in nearby cities
- Garissa in AprilKenya · 249 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 24.9°C · 36 mm rain
- Mandera in AprilKenya · 315 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 25.2°C · 91 mm rain
- Isiolo in AprilKenya · 316 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Meru in AprilKenya · 327 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Kismayo in AprilSomalia · 362 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 26.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Nanyuki in AprilKenya · 384 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 218 mm rain
- Negēlē in AprilEthiopia · 400 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 219 mm rain
- Kaambooni in AprilSomalia · 413 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 25.9°C · 81 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 Wajir) is explained once on the Wajir year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.