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Nairobi in August

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Nairobi is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 55°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 4 minutes.August in Nairobi is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 13°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 4 minutes.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
55°F13°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 17% of days
Daylight
12h 04mon average

Is August a good time to visit Nairobi?

Yes. August is one of Nairobi's best months (June to September).

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 August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 76°F in August, against 75°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in August, against 24°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

17% of days in August, against 12% to 74% through the year.

Cloud cover

64% cover in August, against 59% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

12h 04m in August, against 12h 03m to 12h 12m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. July75°24°low 54°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. August76°24°low 55°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. September79°26°low 56°low 13°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Nairobi sits, in August

Africa/Nairobi
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:35 AMsets 6:40 PM
Above the sea
1,670 mhigh country
Latitude
1.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Masai Mara192 km west

The land around Nairobi, shaded by its typical high in August, 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 August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Nairobi

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Nairobi. 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.