Climate averages 1991–2020
Wajir weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Wajir: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Garissa (249 km away). In August its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Wajir, with 2.4 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Wajir ranks 4th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Wajir is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 2.6 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Garissa in AugustKenya · 249 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Mandera in AugustKenya · 315 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Isiolo in AugustKenya · 316 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Meru in AugustKenya · 327 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Kismayo in AugustSomalia · 362 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Nanyuki in AugustKenya · 384 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Negēlē in AugustEthiopia · 400 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.3°C · 10 mm rain
- Kaambooni in AugustSomalia · 413 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 31 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.