Climate · Masai Mara

Masai Mara in October

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Masai Mara is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 61°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 9 minutes.October in Masai Mara is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 16°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 9 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
61°F16°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 20% of days
Daylight
12h 09mon average

Is October 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

20% of days in October, against 6% to 49% through the year.

Cloud cover

69% cover in October, against 61% to 81% through the year.

Daylight

12h 09m in October, against 12h 02m to 12h 12m through the year.

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

Either side


  1. September85°29°low 59°low 15°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October87°31°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. November84°29°low 60°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Masai Mara sits, in October

Africa/Dar es Salaam

this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:21 AMsets 6:29 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 October, 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 October

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.