Watamu Weather in August
Watamu in August
The short of it: Watamu in August averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 21 °C (69 °F), with 42 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 5 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 21° · rain 42 mm · daylight 12 h 0 min
✦✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & September
Thirty years of records give Watamu an average August high of 27°, a low of 21° and some 42 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 27°, nights near 21°. Easy travelling weather. Rain is modest, about 42 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 0 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; it is the best month of the year to come.
Against its neighbours, Watamu runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Malindi, 18 km to the NE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Watamu, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 23 mm less rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 6°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MalindiKilifi County | 18 km NE | 26° | 20° | 47 mm |
| KilifiKilifi County | 36 km SSW | 28° | 21° | 52 mm |
| GongoniKilifi County | 38 km NNE | 27° | 21° | 38 mm |
| TakaunguKilifi County | 41 km SSW | 28° | 21° | 52 mm |
| VipingoKilifi County | 56 km SSW | 28° | 21° | 55 mm |
| MarereniKilifi County | 57 km NNE | 28° | 21° | 37 mm |
| BambaKilifi County | 59 km WSW | 27° | 19° | 36 mm |
| KaloleniKilifi County | 67 km SW | 27° | 20° | 57 mm |