Climate · Masai Mara

Masai Mara in January

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Masai Mara is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 12 minutes.January in Masai Mara is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 12 minutes.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
12h 12mon average

Is January a good time to visit Masai Mara?


A good month, just outside Masai Mara's best months, which run from June to August.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in January, against 82°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in January, against 28°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in January, against 6% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

74% cover in January, against 61% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 12m in January, against 12h 02m to 12h 12m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. December83°28°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January84°29°low 59°low 15°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February86°30°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Masai Mara sits, in January

Africa/Dar es Salaam

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:42 AMsets 6:54 PM
Above the sea
1,560 mhigh country
Latitude
1.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Nairobi192 km east

The land around Masai Mara, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Kenya in January

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Masai Mara. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.