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Shella in January

Hot and dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Shella is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 14 minutes.January in Shella is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 14 minutes.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 8% of days
Daylight
12h 14mon average

Is January a good time to visit Shella?

Yes. January 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 January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 90°F in January, against 84°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in January, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

8% of days in January, against 4% to 81% through the year.

Cloud cover

61% cover in January, against 49% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

12h 14m in January, against 11h 59m to 12h 15m 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. December90°32°low 78°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January90°32°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. February90°32°low 77°low 25°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Shella sits, in January

Africa/Nairobi
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:18 AMsets 6:32 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 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
See January 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.