Kenya Weather

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Month TravelledWeather
January hot sunny
January Superb
January Brilliant
January The weather was just right really, we didn't have any rain or bad days at all. It was a bit nippy first thing in the morning and after dark. It was hot but not unbareable and once you were under the roofs of the vans whilst on safari it was fine and the breeze was nice.
January very good
January Great!
February hot but with a nice breeze the first week then the 2nd week we had 3/4 days bad weather, which was a shame, but was nice again before we left
February Hot
February Very Very Hot
February hot and sunny
February Sunny everyday at least 30 degrees. No a drop of rain for the whole two weeks
February very good
February excellent
March excellent
March hot but managable on safari but way too hot when we went to mombassa
March hot
March hot hot hot
April Superb!
April beautiful
April hot
April Rained on last day but otherwise excellent and some breeze off the sea most days.
May hot
June Masia Mara - Safari. Warm during the day but cold at night and first thing in the morning.
June It was cloudy two days and rained for another, but the rest of the holiday it was hot and sunny
June Very comfortable even for pale-faced Europeans. It being "winter" in Kenya and Zanzibar meant that the temperature could occasionaly drop below 30. I wish that we could have winters like that in Scotland !
June Mixed but mostly enjoyable
June Good and ideal for the safari
June Mostly sunny with a bit of rain in the day. It is wintery for them, so early darkness with a lot of wind and some stormy weather in the evenings (even leading to hotel powercuts!)
June Cloudy and rained but still warm
June Samburu, Lake Nakuru, Mount Kenya and Massi Mara - clodly but warm and some days very sunny. Mombassa very rainy most days but warm. Not really beach weather in June.
June The weather was great - mostly sunny, not too hot, not too cold. Jumpers were sometimes needed on the early game drives to keep the chill off.
July ideal for the trip we did - perfect temperature and just a few showers whilst at the beach -
July very good while on safari, bit of rain in mombasa, but overall good.
July better than we thought it would be!
July The weather was mixed throughout the two weeks. On safari, the weather was very hot on three days but very cold and wet on the other day. The weather at the Cove was also mixed. It was cloudy each morning but on most days, it cleared up. One day it rained heavily for a few hours but was not cold. When the sun was out, it became very hot but not too uncomfortable.
July Really sunny and warm for the most part, occasionally a bit overcast towards the afternoons and we had a few days of rain in the second week, but always very warm.
July 2 bad days rest excellent
July excellent!
July On the whole the weather was good. Many days started with a shower then cleared up to reveal a beautiful temperate day. A couple of days were a bit cloudy and being near the equator daylighted ended at 6.30pm.
August Some rain but generally cleared up after an hour or so. Warm but not excessively hot.
August Warm and sunny on most days, rain on ly on one day over the whole week
August The weather was hot at our Indian ocean/Coastal resort but could be very cool inland on the safari in the morning and again in the evenings. We also had one evening with a heavy down pour.
August HOT
August Warm but not too hot. It did rain nearly every day, sometimes it was showers sometimes a few hours. On the coast it was very windy.
August warm/hot
August Excellent except in Nairobi which was surprisingly cool
August Hot and sunny
September Lovely warm (approx 30 degrees), sunny days and plesant evenings (approx 20 degrees). No rain for 2 weeks but it was not sticky humid as i was expecting.
September Cool in the morning and evenings but wonderfully warm and sunny throughout the days
September Beautiful sunny days throughout the 2 week holiday apart from the last day where it rained cats and dogs.
September Mixed, warm and sunny in samburu, cold in Mt kenya, wet and warm in lake nakuru and warm and sunny in the mara with some evening rain showers.
September perfect
September perfect
September Cold in mornings and evenings, warm during the day
September Weather was amazing the whole trip, we were lucky as for three weeks before they had had lots of rain. We travelled end of sep early oct and only had two rain showers at night, the days were very sunny, only one cloudy day. Tempretures were good, hot but not uncomfortable. And still warm at night too.
September As above
September Very nice most of the time, went cloudy sometimes in the afternoon but was on the whole was very good
September Weather was wonderful. There was some rain which just made everything fresher and greener. It was never cold.
September Glorious sunshine throughout
October Perfect
October fantastic, sunny clear blue skys. nice breeze when driving along the great rift valley.
October wonderful
October very good
October cool early am and late pm but hot during day.couple of afternoon rain showers
October hot and sunny
October Hot and Sunny. Bit cloudy and occasional rain which was welcomed due to the heat.
October Hot and Sunny. Bit cloudy and occasional rain which was welcomed due to the heat.
October Excellent - very sunny
November weather great for 10 day duration
November Hot hot hot
November It was a little rainy a couple of times on the safari part of the holiday, but it was still nice and warm. It was hot and humid in Diani at the beach resort.
November It was a little rainy a couple of times on the safari part of the holiday, but it was still nice and warm. It was hot and humid in Diani at the beach resort.
December Mostly hot, sunny, beautiful days. There was only a few quick passing light sunshowers on a couple of occasions, of which these caused us no upset at all . And no insect bites what so ever !
December Very hot and humid in Mombasa, in the Masai Mara it was hot during the day and cool in the evenings.
December As above
December Cool in the morning and evenings, during the day it was around 25 to 28'c so lovely and warm.
December hot
December LOVELY
December very warm!!!
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