Kitale Weather in January
Kitale in January
The short of it: Kitale in January averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 12 °C (53 °F), with 24 mm (0.94 in) of rain and about 12 h 4 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and February. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 12° · rain 24 mm · daylight 12 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: January & February
Thirty years of records give Kitale an average January high of 27°, a low of 12° and some 24 mm of rain. Much like December: highs about 27°, nights near 12°. Easy travelling weather. It is the driest month of the year, only 24 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 12 h 4 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates January 5 of 5 for a visit; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Kitale runs warmer than most and wetter than most in January. Kiminini, 16 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
January in Kitale, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 3rd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 1° warmer, 24 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 16°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
January averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KimininiTrans Nzoia | 16 km SSW | 28° | 12° | 25 mm |
| Moi‘s BridgeUasin Gishu County | 21 km SE | 27° | 11° | 24 mm |
| MatundaUasin Gishu County | 24 km SE | 27° | 11° | 22 mm |
| KapenguriaWest Pokot County | 27 km NNE | 26° | 11° | 18 mm |
| MakutanoWest Pokot County | 29 km NNE | 26° | 11° | 17 mm |
| KapcheropTrans Nzoia | 35 km E | 24° | 10° | 34 mm |
| KapsokwonyBungoma County | 38 km WSW | 25° | 12° | 32 mm |
| ChepareriaWest Pokot County | 39 km NE | 27° | 12° | 17 mm |