Climate averages 1991–2020
Wajir weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Wajir: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.1 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes January a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Garissa (249 km away). In January its highs average 34.4°C, about as warm as Wajir, with 17 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Wajir ranks 3rd of 37 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Wajir is 7.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 35.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.1 mm to 3.1 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Garissa in JanuaryKenya · 249 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 17 mm rain
- Mandera in JanuaryKenya · 315 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Isiolo in JanuaryKenya · 316 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Meru in JanuaryKenya · 327 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Kismayo in JanuarySomalia · 362 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 25.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Nanyuki in JanuaryKenya · 384 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Negēlē in JanuaryEthiopia · 400 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.3°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Kaambooni in JanuarySomalia · 413 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 14 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.