Garba Tula climate — normals and trends
Garba Tula (Kenya) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 469 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is March (27.7 °C on average) and the coldest is December (25.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Garba Tula averages 0 frost days, 308 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 80 rainy days per year.
Garba Tula has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 11 October 2020) and the coldest 15.4 °C (on 6 January 1961).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Garba TulaIsiolo County
- coords
- 0.53°, 38.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
26.5°C
Average daily high
32.1°C
Average daily low
22.0°C
Annual rainfall
469mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
59%
Average peak wind
18.7km/h
Seasonal range
2.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
308 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
80 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
33.5 °C
Average feels-like low
22.7 °C
Average peak gust
41.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
344 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.7 °C
11 October 2020
Coldest day
15.4 °C
6 January 1961
Wettest day
135 mm
25 November 1968
Windiest day
35.7 km/h
27 June 2024
Strongest gust
71.6 km/h
25 July 2021
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
20 March 2016
Coldest feels-like
14.2 °C
15 January 1968
Sunniest day
11.8 h
19 November 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33.6 °C | +1.9 °C | 2 mm | -32 mm |
| Feb | 35.2 °C | +2.1 °C | 2 mm | -20 mm |
| Mar | 34.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 61 mm | +2 mm |
| Apr | 32.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 75 mm | -18 mm |
| May | 34.6 °C | +2.0 °C | 10 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 33.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 31.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 31.4 °C | -0.3 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 34.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 2 mm | +0 mm |
| Oct | 34.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 39 mm | +4 mm |
| Nov | 33.4 °C | +2.9 °C | 18 mm | -108 mm |
| Dec | 33.7 °C | +3.4 °C | 20 mm | -61 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Garba Tula?
Garba Tula has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 26.5 °C and it receives 469 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Garba Tula?
The hottest day measured in Garba Tula between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 2020, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Garba Tula?
The coldest day measured in Garba Tula between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1961, at 15.4 °C.
Does it snow in Garba Tula?
Almost never: Garba Tula sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Garba Tula warmed?
Yes: Garba Tula warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Garba Tula?
The wettest day measured in Garba Tula between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1968, with 135 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Garba Tula?
The windiest day measured in Garba Tula between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 2024, with winds reaching 35.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Garba Tula?
The warmest month in Garba Tula is March (27.7 °C on average); the coldest is December (25.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Garba Tula?
Garba Tula receives on average 469 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 80 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Garba Tula?
Garba Tula gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Garba Tula?
Yes: Garba Tula has on average 344 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Garba Tula?
In Garba Tula, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 20 March 2016, and the lowest was 14.2 °C on 15 January 1968.
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