Climate averages 1991–2020
Wajir weather
in March.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in Wajir: daytime highs average 35.2°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes March a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Garissa (249 km away). In March its highs average 35.6°C, about as warm as Wajir, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Wajir ranks 4th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 3rd of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Wajir is 7.1°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 33.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 69 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
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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Garissa in MarchKenya · 249 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 20 mm rain
- Mandera in MarchKenya · 315 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Isiolo in MarchKenya · 316 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Meru in MarchKenya · 327 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Kismayo in MarchSomalia · 362 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 26.0°C · 9.4 mm rain
- Nanyuki in MarchKenya · 384 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Negēlē in MarchEthiopia · 400 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 73 mm rain
- Kaambooni in MarchSomalia · 413 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 26.0°C · 12 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.