Nairobi Weather in August
Nairobi in August
The short of it: Nairobi in August averages a high of 24 °C (75 °F) and a low of 13 °C (56 °F), with 19 mm (0.75 in) of rain and about 12 h 4 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 24° · low 13° · rain 19 mm · daylight 12 h 4 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Nairobi an average August high of 24°, a low of 13° and some 19 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 24°, nights near 13°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 19 mm, the 11th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 4 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, Nairobi runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Pumwani, 3 km to the E, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Nairobi, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 11th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° warmer, 8.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 4 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PumwaniNairobi County | 3 km E | 24° | 13° | 17 mm |
| Imara Daima EstateNairobi County | 8 km ESE | 25° | 13° | 13 mm |
| KiambuKiambu County | 13 km N | 24° | 13° | 18 mm |
| Lang'ataNairobi County | 13 km SW | 23° | 13° | 18 mm |
| KaruriKiambu County | 14 km NNW | 23° | 12° | 23 mm |
| Ongata RongaiKajiado County | 14 km SSW | 24° | 13° | 16 mm |
| KawaidaKiambu County | 16 km NNW | 22° | 11° | 27 mm |
| TingangaKiambu County | 17 km N | 23° | 12° | 24 mm |