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Shella in August

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Shella is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 3 minutes.August in Shella is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 3 minutes.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 51% of days
Daylight
12h 03mon average

Is August a good time to visit Shella?

Yes. August is one of Shella's best months (January to February, or July 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 84°F in August, against 84°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in August, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

51% of days in August, against 4% to 81% through the year.

Cloud cover

55% cover in August, against 49% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

12h 03m in August, against 11h 59m to 12h 15m 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. July84°29°low 75°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August84°29°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. September86°30°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Shella sits, in August

Africa/Nairobi
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:20 AMsets 6:22 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
2.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Nairobi470 km west

The land around Shella, 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 Shella

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