Winter weather

Calculations are based on the last 8 years of historical weather data.

Temperatures

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Maximum Temperatures

Period	Mombasa	Nakuru	Eldoret	Kisumu	Kikuyu
Dec 1	30.9°C	22.9°C	23.2°C	27.8°C	24.7°C
Dec 8	30.9°C	23.0°C	23.5°C	27.8°C	24.8°C
Dec 15	30.8°C	23.4°C	24.0°C	28.6°C	25.0°C
Dec 22	30.7°C	23.6°C	24.0°C	28.4°C	25.3°C
Jan 1	31.0°C	24.0°C	24.4°C	28.8°C	25.5°C
Jan 8	30.9°C	24.2°C	24.5°C	29.1°C	25.8°C
Jan 15	31.6°C	24.6°C	24.3°C	28.3°C	26.4°C
Jan 22	31.4°C	25.1°C	25.2°C	29.5°C	26.8°C
Feb 1	31.6°C	25.9°C	25.8°C	29.9°C	27.6°C
Feb 8	31.9°C	26.4°C	26.6°C	31.3°C	27.7°C
Feb 15	32.4°C	26.8°C	26.9°C	30.7°C	28.4°C
Feb 22	32.6°C	26.6°C	26.4°C	30.3°C	28.2°C
Average	24.9°C	26.4°C	29.2°C	31.4°C	24.7°C

Minimum Temperatures

Period	Mombasa	Nakuru	Eldoret	Kisumu	Kikuyu
Dec 1	24.4°C	12.1°C	12.3°C	18.2°C	15.0°C
Dec 8	24.3°C	11.9°C	12.3°C	18.2°C	14.9°C
Dec 15	24.5°C	12.1°C	12.6°C	18.6°C	14.9°C
Dec 22	24.5°C	12.2°C	12.6°C	18.7°C	14.9°C
Jan 1	24.4°C	11.4°C	12.5°C	18.6°C	14.5°C
Jan 8	24.3°C	12.1°C	12.9°C	19.0°C	14.9°C
Jan 15	24.3°C	12.1°C	13.0°C	18.7°C	15.1°C
Jan 22	24.2°C	12.0°C	12.8°C	19.0°C	15.1°C
Feb 1	24.2°C	11.9°C	13.3°C	19.4°C	15.4°C
Feb 8	24.6°C	12.1°C	13.4°C	19.7°C	15.3°C
Feb 15	24.8°C	12.4°C	13.5°C	20.0°C	15.7°C
Feb 22	25.1°C	12.7°C	13.5°C	19.5°C	16.0°C
Average	12.9°C	15.1°C	19.0°C	24.5°C	12.1°C

Maximum/minimum temperature averages are computed by averaging the max/min temperature of each day for a given period.

Conditions

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Sunny Weather

Period	Mombasa	Nakuru	Eldoret	Kisumu	Kikuyu
Dec 1	4.2 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	8.9 hours/day	6.7 hours/day	5.3 hours/day
Dec 8	3.5 hours/day	6.6 hours/day	8.2 hours/day	5.8 hours/day	5.3 hours/day
Dec 15	3.5 hours/day	7.5 hours/day	9.4 hours/day	7.2 hours/day	6.3 hours/day
Dec 22	2.9 hours/day	8.0 hours/day	8.0 hours/day	7.1 hours/day	6.1 hours/day
Jan 1	3.6 hours/day	9.4 hours/day	10.0 hours/day	8.4 hours/day	7.1 hours/day
Jan 8	3.8 hours/day	8.8 hours/day	8.3 hours/day	7.2 hours/day	6.8 hours/day
Jan 15	5.7 hours/day	9.2 hours/day	8.8 hours/day	7.5 hours/day	8.1 hours/day
Jan 22	4.8 hours/day	9.6 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	9.0 hours/day	8.5 hours/day
Feb 1	5.8 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	10.4 hours/day	9.0 hours/day	9.0 hours/day
Feb 8	5.3 hours/day	9.8 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	9.8 hours/day	8.4 hours/day
Feb 15	6.2 hours/day	9.9 hours/day	10.4 hours/day	8.5 hours/day	8.6 hours/day
Feb 22	5.3 hours/day	9.7 hours/day	9.1 hours/day	7.4 hours/day	8.4 hours/day
Average	9.3 hours/day	7.3 hours/day	7.8 hours/day	4.6 hours/day	8.8 hours/day

Sun hours are computed from the number of hours of direct sunlight. The length of the day can affect these measurements; for example, northern cities have longer days in summer.

Precipitation Levels

Period	Mombasa	Nakuru	Eldoret	Kisumu	Kikuyu
Dec 1	2.5mm	3.5mm	2.7mm	5.9mm	3.4mm
Dec 8	3.5mm	1.8mm	2.3mm	8.2mm	1.9mm
Dec 15	2.3mm	0.7mm	0.6mm	4.0mm	1.4mm
Dec 22	2.0mm	0.5mm	2.1mm	5.8mm	1.7mm
Jan 1	1.4mm	0.4mm	0.7mm	2.8mm	1.6mm
Jan 8	1.0mm	0.8mm	0.9mm	3.7mm	1.4mm
Jan 15	0.7mm	1.1mm	2.4mm	5.5mm	3.2mm
Jan 22	0.5mm	1.5mm	2.4mm	3.3mm	1.5mm
Feb 1	0.7mm	0.7mm	1.0mm	2.9mm	0.9mm
Feb 8	0.6mm	0.3mm	1.3mm	1.8mm	0.9mm
Feb 15	0.3mm	0.2mm	0.5mm	2.8mm	0.6mm
Feb 22	1.2mm	0.6mm	2.0mm	4.9mm	1.6mm
Average	1.6mm	1.7mm	4.3mm	1.4mm	1.0mm

Average amount of precipitation that falls in a form of a rain, snow, sleet or hail.

Wind Speed

Period	Mombasa	Nakuru	Eldoret	Kisumu	Kikuyu
Dec 1	17.7km/h	14.3km/h	16.9km/h	11.9km/h	19.5km/h
Dec 8	17.6km/h	14.1km/h	16.8km/h	12.3km/h	19.9km/h
Dec 15	18.7km/h	15.4km/h	17.2km/h	12.5km/h	21.1km/h
Dec 22	18.7km/h	15.4km/h	17.4km/h	12.8km/h	21.0km/h
Jan 1	20.8km/h	16.1km/h	18.7km/h	14.7km/h	21.0km/h
Jan 8	21.7km/h	16.8km/h	16.9km/h	15.0km/h	20.1km/h
Jan 15	22.0km/h	17.1km/h	15.4km/h	16.0km/h	18.7km/h
Jan 22	22.6km/h	16.9km/h	17.4km/h	17.0km/h	20.5km/h
Feb 1	23.1km/h	17.2km/h	17.9km/h	17.5km/h	21.3km/h
Feb 8	23.4km/h	17.7km/h	19.4km/h	17.0km/h	23.0km/h
Feb 15	23.3km/h	17.2km/h	18.7km/h	17.6km/h	22.2km/h
Feb 22	22.4km/h	18.7km/h	18.7km/h	18.1km/h	21.8km/h
Average	17.6km/h	20.8km/h	15.2km/h	21.0km/h	16.4km/h

Humidity

Period	Mombasa	Nakuru	Eldoret	Kisumu	Kikuyu
Dec 1	77.5%	70.3%	65.7%	70.2%	74.3%
Dec 8	78.5%	69.9%	65.6%	70.0%	75.5%
Dec 15	79.5%	68.1%	63.2%	67.4%	75.0%
Dec 22	79.6%	67.5%	62.8%	67.0%	74.0%
Jan 1	78.6%	62.2%	57.4%	62.4%	70.0%
Jan 8	77.8%	60.4%	54.8%	59.8%	67.2%
Jan 15	78.1%	57.8%	55.3%	63.0%	65.0%
Jan 22	77.4%	56.8%	52.8%	59.6%	62.6%
Feb 1	76.7%	54.4%	49.4%	56.4%	58.2%
Feb 8	75.8%	54.4%	49.6%	53.4%	58.2%
Feb 15	74.7%	53.6%	50.0%	56.8%	57.2%
Feb 22	74.7%	53.9%	51.9%	59.1%	57.8%
Average	56.5%	66.3%	62.1%	77.4%	60.8%

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Astronomy

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Sunrise Time

Period	Mombasa	Nakuru	Eldoret	Kisumu	Kikuyu
Dec 1	6:01	6:22	6:26	6:27	6:17
Dec 8	6:04	6:25	6:29	6:30	6:20
Dec 15	6:07	6:28	6:32	6:34	6:24
Dec 22	6:11	6:32	6:37	6:38	6:28
Jan 1	6:16	6:36	6:41	6:42	6:32
Jan 8	6:19	6:39	6:44	6:45	6:35
Jan 15	6:22	6:42	6:46	6:47	6:38
Jan 22	6:25	6:44	6:49	6:50	6:40
Feb 1	6:26	6:46	6:50	6:51	6:42
Feb 8	6:28	6:46	6:50	6:52	6:43
Feb 15	6:28	6:46	6:50	6:51	6:43
Feb 22	6:28	6:45	6:49	6:50	6:42
Average	6:42	6:36	6:42	6:18	6:36

Sunrise times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Sunset Time

Period	Mombasa	Nakuru	Eldoret	Kisumu	Kikuyu
Dec 1	18:22	18:30	18:32	18:35	18:29
Dec 8	18:25	18:33	18:35	18:38	18:32
Dec 15	18:29	18:37	18:38	18:41	18:35
Dec 22	18:32	18:41	18:43	18:46	18:40
Jan 1	18:37	18:44	18:46	18:50	18:44
Jan 8	18:39	18:47	18:49	18:53	18:47
Jan 15	18:41	18:50	18:52	18:55	18:49
Jan 22	18:43	18:52	18:54	18:57	18:51
Feb 1	18:43	18:53	18:56	18:58	18:52
Feb 8	18:43	18:54	18:56	18:59	18:52
Feb 15	18:41	18:53	18:56	18:58	18:52
Feb 22	18:40	18:52	18:55	18:58	18:50
Average	18:48	18:42	18:48	18:36	18:48

Sunset times are output in the local timezone of each place.

Useful Day Length

Period	Mombasa	Nakuru	Eldoret	Kisumu	Kikuyu
Dec 1	11:22 hours	11:30 hours	11:32 hours	11:35 hours	11:29 hours
Dec 8	11:25 hours	11:33 hours	11:35 hours	11:38 hours	11:32 hours
Dec 15	11:29 hours	11:37 hours	11:38 hours	11:41 hours	11:35 hours
Dec 22	11:32 hours	11:41 hours	11:43 hours	11:46 hours	11:40 hours
Jan 1	11:37 hours	11:44 hours	11:46 hours	11:50 hours	11:44 hours
Jan 8	11:39 hours	11:47 hours	11:49 hours	11:53 hours	11:47 hours
Jan 15	11:41 hours	11:50 hours	11:52 hours	11:55 hours	11:49 hours
Jan 22	11:43 hours	11:52 hours	11:54 hours	11:57 hours	11:51 hours
Feb 1	11:43 hours	11:53 hours	11:56 hours	11:58 hours	11:52 hours
Feb 8	11:43 hours	11:54 hours	11:56 hours	11:59 hours	11:52 hours
Feb 15	11:41 hours	11:53 hours	11:56 hours	11:58 hours	11:52 hours
Feb 22	11:40 hours	11:52 hours	11:55 hours	11:58 hours	11:50 hours
Average	11:48 hours	11:42 hours	11:48 hours	11:36 hours	11:48 hours

Discards daylight hours before 7 AM. In places that are located to the west of the timezone, the sun rises and sets later compared to the cities that are located to the east. This means that the useful day length is longer in the cities located to the west of the time zone.

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