Climate averages 1991–2020
Wajir weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Wajir: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Garissa (249 km away). In October its highs average 33.6°C, 0.9°C warmer than Wajir, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Wajir ranks 4th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Wajir is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Garissa in OctoberKenya · 249 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Mandera in OctoberKenya · 315 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 72 mm rain
- Isiolo in OctoberKenya · 316 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Meru in OctoberKenya · 327 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Kismayo in OctoberSomalia · 362 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Nanyuki in OctoberKenya · 384 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 219 mm rain
- Negēlē in OctoberEthiopia · 400 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Kaambooni in OctoberSomalia · 413 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 46 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.