Kitale Weather in August
Kitale in August
The short of it: Kitale in August averages a high of 23 °C (74 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 164 mm (6.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 9 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 23° · low 12° · rain 164 mm · daylight 12 h 9 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Kitale an average August high of 23°, a low of 12° and some 164 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 23°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 164 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 9 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, Kitale runs about middling and drier than most in August. Kiminini, 16 km to the SSW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Kitale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 13 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 7 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KimininiTrans Nzoia | 16 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 168 mm |
| Moi‘s BridgeUasin Gishu County | 21 km SE | 24° | 12° | 180 mm |
| MatundaUasin Gishu County | 24 km SE | 23° | 12° | 172 mm |
| KapenguriaWest Pokot County | 27 km NNE | 22° | 12° | 176 mm |
| MakutanoWest Pokot County | 29 km NNE | 22° | 11° | 176 mm |
| KapcheropTrans Nzoia | 35 km E | 21° | 10° | 174 mm |
| KapsokwonyBungoma County | 38 km WSW | 22° | 12° | 182 mm |
| ChepareriaWest Pokot County | 39 km NE | 24° | 13° | 154 mm |