Climate of Nairobi, Kenya

Aw

Köppen-Geiger climate classification: Aw — Tropical, savannah.

Elevation: 1668 m · 1.29°S, 36.82°E

Nairobi has a mean annual temperature of 19.3 °C and receives 914 mm of precipitation per year (1991–2020 climate normals). The warmest month is March with a mean temperature of 20.9 °C, while July is the coldest month at 17.4 °C. Most precipitation falls in April (194 mm); the driest month is July (19 mm).

Climate Diagram

Climate diagram for Nairobi: monthly mean temperature (red line, left axis, °C) and monthly precipitation (blue line, right axis, mm), 1991–2020. Yellow areas mark arid periods, light blue humid periods, dark blue perhumid periods (> 100 mm/month, compressed scale). 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 20 40 60 80 100 °C mm J F M A M J J A S O N D

Walter–Lieth diagram: the red line shows monthly mean temperature (left axis, °C), the blue line monthly precipitation (right axis, mm). Yellow areas mark arid periods (temperature above precipitation), light blue humid periods, dark blue perhumid periods (above 100 mm/month, shown on a compressed 1:10 scale). Scale: 1 °C ≡ 2 mm.

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Climate Table

MonthMean temperature (°C)Precipitation (mm)
January20.162.1
February20.841.6
March20.993.4
April20.2194.4
May19.2137.6
June18.235.6
July17.418.8
August17.618.8
September18.925.1
October19.865.0
November19.4128.4
December19.492.9
Year19.3913.7

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Data Source

Climate normals and Köppen-Geiger classification: Beck et al. (2023), Scientific Data 10, 724, CC BY 4.0. Period 1991–2020. Classification resolution ≈ 1 km; monthly climate data resolution ≈ 1 km (0.01°, Original 2023 release; predates the January 2026 correction), sampled at the grid cell containing the city coordinates (-1.29°, 36.82°). Climate normals describe the long-term average, not current weather.