Eldoret Weather in August
Eldoret in August
The short of it: Eldoret in August averages a high of 22 °C (72 °F) and a low of 11 °C (52 °F), with 167 mm (6.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 8 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 22° · low 11° · rain 167 mm · daylight 12 h 8 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
August in Eldoret brings afternoons near 22° and nights around 11°, with about 167 mm of rain over the month. Much like July: highs about 22°, nights near 11°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 167 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 8 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and February.
Against its neighbours, Eldoret runs about middling and drier than most in August. Mosoriot, 25 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Eldoret, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 11 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 8 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MosoriotNandi | 25 km SSW | 22° | 11° | 178 mm |
| KessesUasin Gishu County | 25 km SSE | 21° | 11° | 170 mm |
| TurboUasin Gishu County | 28 km WNW | 23° | 12° | 196 mm |
| ItenElegeyo-Marakwet | 31 km ENE | 22° | 11° | 125 mm |
| BaratonNandi | 36 km SW | 23° | 12° | 177 mm |
| Burnt ForestUasin Gishu County | 38 km SSE | 20° | 10° | 180 mm |
| MatundaUasin Gishu County | 39 km NNW | 23° | 12° | 172 mm |
| KapsabetNandi | 40 km SSW | 23° | 12° | 164 mm |