Marsabit Weather in August
Marsabit in August
The short of it: Marsabit in August averages a high of 25 °C (78 °F) and a low of 15 °C (59 °F), with 4.0 mm (0.16 in) of rain and about 12 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 25° · low 15° · rain 4.0 mm · daylight 12 h 11 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Marsabit an average August high of 25°, a low of 15° and some 4.0 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 25°, nights near 15°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is scarce, about 4.0 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 11 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening. The Almanac rates August 5 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Marsabit runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Laisamis, 85 km to the SSW, is 6° warmer by day.
August in Marsabit, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 2.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaisamisMarsabit County | 85 km SSW | 31° | 19° | 3.0 mm |
| BaragoiSamburu County | 147 km WSW | 28° | 14° | 22 mm |
| LoiyangalaniMarsabit County | 149 km WNW | 34° | 21° | 9.0 mm |
| North HorrMarsabit County | 150 km NW | 33° | 21° | 7.0 mm |
| Sololo03 | 155 km NNE | 28° | 19° | 4.0 mm |
| MertiIsiolo County | 160 km SSE | 32° | 21° | 0.0 mm |
| WambaSamburu County | 168 km SSW | 27° | 14° | 7.0 mm |
| EldasWajir County | 176 km E | 32° | 21° | 1.0 mm |