Malindi Weather in August
Malindi in August
The short of it: Malindi in August averages a high of 26 °C (79 °F) and a low of 20 °C (68 °F), with 47 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 1 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are September and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 26° · low 20° · rain 47 mm · daylight 12 h 1 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: September & August
Thirty years of records give Malindi an average August high of 26°, a low of 20° and some 47 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 26°, nights near 20°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 47 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 1 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are September and August.
Against its neighbours, Malindi runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Watamu, 18 km to the SW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Malindi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 33 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 1 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WatamuKilifi County | 18 km SW | 27° | 21° | 42 mm |
| GongoniKilifi County | 20 km N | 27° | 21° | 38 mm |
| MarereniKilifi County | 40 km N | 28° | 21° | 37 mm |
| KilifiKilifi County | 55 km SSW | 28° | 21° | 52 mm |
| TakaunguKilifi County | 59 km SSW | 28° | 21° | 52 mm |
| VipingoKilifi County | 74 km SSW | 28° | 21° | 55 mm |
| BambaKilifi County | 75 km WSW | 27° | 19° | 36 mm |
| KaloleniKilifi County | 85 km SW | 27° | 20° | 57 mm |