Mandera climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mandera?

Mandera has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.7 °C and it receives 312 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mandera?

The hottest day measured in Mandera between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1941, reaching 40.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mandera?

The coldest day measured in Mandera between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 15.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mandera?

Almost never: Mandera sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Mandera warmed?

Yes: Mandera warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mandera?

The wettest day measured in Mandera between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 2023, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mandera?

The windiest day measured in Mandera between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2021, with winds reaching 38.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mandera?

The warmest month in Mandera is March (30.5 °C on average); the coldest is November (27.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mandera?

Mandera receives on average 312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 52 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mandera?

Mandera gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mandera (Kenya) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 28.7 °C and it receives 312 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 (30.5 °C on average) and the coldest is November (27.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Mandera averages 0 frost days, 341 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 52 rainy days per year.

Mandera has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 40.3 °C (on 26 March 1941) and the coldest 15.6 °C (on 17 December 1967).

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

ManderaMandera County

coords: 3.94°, 41.86°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BWhHot desertWarmest monthMarchColdest monthNovemberWettest monthAprilDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

28.7°C

Average daily high

33.5°C

Average daily low

24.2°C

Annual rainfall

312mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

51%

Average peak wind

19.8km/h

Seasonal range

3.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

341 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

52 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

34.5 °C

Average feels-like low

25.1 °C

Average peak gust

37.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

364 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

40.3 °C

26 March 1941

Coldest day

15.6 °C

17 December 1967

Wettest day

176 mm

19 November 2023

Windiest day

38.2 km/h

24 July 2021

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

12 July 1943

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

27 March 1982

Coldest feels-like

14.7 °C

11 January 1941

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 October 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	39.2 °C15 March 2025	21.2 °C7 January 2025	29.9 °C	173 mm	361
2024	38.4 °C9 March 2024	21.3 °C10 January 2024	30.0 °C	188 mm	364
2023	38.6 °C4 March 2023	19.9 °C7 December 2023	29.3 °C	955 mm	350
2022	38.7 °C16 March 2022	22.1 °C28 January 2022	29.9 °C	102 mm	358
2021	38.8 °C1 March 2021	21.3 °C1 December 2021	29.8 °C	106 mm	362
2020	39.2 °C17 March 2020	21.5 °C17 January 2020	29.9 °C	190 mm	362
2019	39.5 °C9 March 2019	21.0 °C1 December 2019	29.4 °C	473 mm	345
2018	38.8 °C28 March 2018	19.7 °C14 January 2018	28.9 °C	383 mm	355
2017	39.4 °C8 March 2017	20.4 °C4 January 2017	29.7 °C	162 mm	359
2016	40.1 °C23 March 2016	20.7 °C6 December 2016	29.6 °C	212 mm	361
2015	38.5 °C28 February 2015	21.2 °C1 January 2015	29.1 °C	350 mm	358
2014	39.0 °C20 March 2014	21.5 °C11 November 2014	29.5 °C	197 mm	361
2013	38.1 °C3 February 2013	20.5 °C9 December 2013	28.7 °C	427 mm	342
2012	38.7 °C1 March 2012	20.3 °C1 January 2012	29.2 °C	226 mm	362
2011	38.2 °C10 April 2011	19.6 °C11 December 2011	29.1 °C	364 mm	339
2010	38.9 °C20 February 2010	21.1 °C2 December 2010	29.4 °C	213 mm	356
2009	38.4 °C4 March 2009	21.3 °C7 November 2009	29.5 °C	163 mm	359
2008	37.9 °C29 January 2008	19.3 °C19 November 2008	28.8 °C	281 mm	350
2007	39.1 °C24 February 2007	20.2 °C17 November 2007	29.4 °C	204 mm	354
2006	38.7 °C24 February 2006	20.8 °C15 December 2006	28.8 °C	396 mm	334
2005	39.5 °C1 April 2005	18.7 °C3 January 2005	29.2 °C	186 mm	359
2004	38.1 °C11 March 2004	20.0 °C2 December 2004	28.6 °C	437 mm	316
2003	38.6 °C2 March 2003	18.6 °C13 December 2003	28.9 °C	379 mm	343
2002	38.6 °C12 March 2002	21.4 °C7 October 2002	28.8 °C	348 mm	348
2001	37.9 °C11 March 2001	20.6 °C3 January 2001	29.1 °C	177 mm	356
2000	38.3 °C22 February 2000	20.8 °C30 December 2000	28.9 °C	169 mm	352
1999	37.7 °C26 March 1999	20.7 °C14 December 1999	28.6 °C	202 mm	359
1998	39.1 °C28 March 1998	19.4 °C23 November 1998	28.7 °C	226 mm	351
1997	38.3 °C2 February 1997	20.1 °C10 December 1997	28.2 °C	841 mm	306
1996	38.1 °C27 February 1996	20.2 °C3 December 1996	28.9 °C	218 mm	350
1995	37.6 °C15 February 1995	21.9 °C5 January 1995	28.9 °C	261 mm	356
1994	38.8 °C30 March 1994	20.6 °C11 December 1994	28.5 °C	496 mm	331
1993	37.3 °C24 February 1993	22.0 °C12 December 1993	28.5 °C	339 mm	343
1992	39.0 °C27 March 1992	18.7 °C20 November 1992	28.8 °C	226 mm	346
1991	39.2 °C17 March 1991	21.4 °C22 July 1991	29.0 °C	213 mm	349
1990	37.8 °C12 February 1990	20.5 °C21 December 1990	28.6 °C	337 mm	344
1989	37.2 °C19 February 1989	20.5 °C26 January 1989	28.6 °C	308 mm	344
1988	38.3 °C15 March 1988	21.8 °C2 December 1988	29.3 °C	254 mm	363
1987	38.6 °C14 March 1987	19.3 °C2 February 1987	29.5 °C	204 mm	359
1986	38.1 °C19 March 1986	20.3 °C4 January 1986	28.8 °C	216 mm	344
1985	38.2 °C14 March 1985	21.0 °C21 February 1985	28.3 °C	276 mm	348
1984	38.0 °C13 April 1984	20.7 °C6 January 1984	28.6 °C	217 mm	350
1983	38.5 °C14 April 1983	21.2 °C10 January 1983	29.4 °C	186 mm	361
1982	38.4 °C27 March 1982	21.0 °C31 December 1982	28.6 °C	342 mm	344
1981	37.5 °C8 March 1981	19.6 °C12 December 1981	28.1 °C	336 mm	336
1980	37.9 °C11 March 1980	20.4 °C7 December 1980	28.8 °C	231 mm	355
1979	38.2 °C5 March 1979	19.7 °C26 November 1979	28.0 °C	448 mm	343
1978	37.4 °C9 March 1978	20.4 °C28 November 1978	28.4 °C	452 mm	342
1977	38.3 °C1 March 1977	19.7 °C1 December 1977	28.5 °C	496 mm	333
1976	37.4 °C22 March 1976	21.6 °C14 May 1976	28.8 °C	214 mm	355
1975	37.8 °C27 March 1975	21.0 °C27 November 1975	28.5 °C	221 mm	349
1974	36.8 °C30 January 1974	19.9 °C12 November 1974	28.4 °C	197 mm	353
1973	38.8 °C4 March 1973	20.1 °C17 December 1973	29.0 °C	182 mm	363
1972	38.1 °C29 March 1972	20.9 °C30 November 1972	28.7 °C	311 mm	349
1971	37.2 °C26 February 1971	18.7 °C3 December 1971	28.3 °C	197 mm	350
1970	37.8 °C26 February 1970	20.4 °C28 November 1970	28.9 °C	198 mm	354
1969	38.6 °C19 March 1969	20.1 °C27 October 1969	28.9 °C	196 mm	353
1968	36.5 °C4 October 1968	17.2 °C6 January 1968	27.2 °C	387 mm	314
1967	38.7 °C25 March 1967	15.6 °C17 December 1967	27.4 °C	701 mm	299
1966	37.1 °C11 February 1966	20.2 °C11 January 1966	28.5 °C	232 mm	351
1965	37.1 °C9 March 1965	19.7 °C10 January 1965	27.9 °C	333 mm	330
1964	38.0 °C9 March 1964	20.9 °C2 November 1964	28.1 °C	220 mm	340
1963	37.3 °C9 March 1963	20.7 °C15 January 1963	27.8 °C	528 mm	325
1962	38.3 °C5 April 1962	19.2 °C20 January 1962	28.1 °C	273 mm	344
1961	38.3 °C7 March 1961	19.2 °C20 December 1961	28.2 °C	421 mm	333
1960	36.7 °C10 March 1960	19.7 °C18 January 1960	27.7 °C	403 mm	331
1959	38.7 °C29 March 1959	20.3 °C8 December 1959	28.7 °C	229 mm	358
1958	38.0 °C14 March 1958	20.8 °C1 January 1958	29.0 °C	182 mm	356
1957	38.0 °C15 March 1957	18.9 °C19 December 1957	27.9 °C	403 mm	332
1956	37.4 °C29 March 1956	19.6 °C4 December 1956	28.5 °C	158 mm	357
1955	37.0 °C20 February 1955	20.2 °C1 March 1955	28.5 °C	227 mm	349
1954	37.3 °C28 February 1954	19.2 °C12 January 1954	28.3 °C	221 mm	352
1953	37.1 °C18 February 1953	20.1 °C30 November 1953	27.0 °C	626 mm	245
1952	37.0 °C24 March 1952	19.7 °C7 December 1952	27.2 °C	631 mm	265
1951	36.6 °C27 February 1951	20.2 °C30 December 1951	26.8 °C	806 mm	222
1950	37.1 °C17 January 1950	20.3 °C3 February 1950	27.3 °C	498 mm	278
1949	37.7 °C9 March 1949	19.2 °C5 November 1949	28.2 °C	333 mm	338
1948	36.6 °C23 March 1948	19.6 °C2 January 1948	28.0 °C	333 mm	331
1947	36.3 °C24 January 1947	18.8 °C17 December 1947	27.0 °C	569 mm	269
1946	38.2 °C25 February 1946	20.7 °C18 January 1946	28.8 °C	164 mm	357
1945	37.4 °C28 February 1945	19.1 °C13 December 1945	28.0 °C	291 mm	336
1944	37.4 °C29 March 1944	19.6 °C6 January 1944	28.4 °C	239 mm	340
1943	37.3 °C22 March 1943	20.2 °C24 December 1943	28.9 °C	33 mm	356
1942	37.2 °C21 March 1942	20.1 °C24 November 1942	28.6 °C	144 mm	352
1941	40.3 °C26 March 1941	18.0 °C11 January 1941	28.4 °C	238 mm	345
1940	36.4 °C14 February 1940	18.7 °C28 November 1940	27.7 °C	480 mm	298

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

34.8 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

361 d/yr

+20

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

173 mm

-139 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	35.4 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Feb	37.2 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Mar	36.6 °C	+1.0 °C	14 mm	-13 mm
Apr	34.0 °C	+1.0 °C	125 mm	+29 mm
May	34.5 °C	+1.7 °C	25 mm	-15 mm
Jun	33.9 °C	+1.0 °C	2 mm	+0 mm
Jul	32.4 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Aug	32.8 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	35.5 °C	+1.4 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Oct	34.8 °C	+2.1 °C	4 mm	-60 mm
Nov	35.1 °C	+3.3 °C	1 mm	-60 mm
Dec	35.6 °C	+2.1 °C	1 mm	-10 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

39.2 °C

15 Mar 2025

Coldest day

21.2 °C

7 Jan 2025

Wettest day

54.9 mm

16 Apr 2025

Windiest day

35.4 km/h

19 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

19 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

42.0 °C

2 Apr 2025

Coldest feels-like

19.0 °C

7 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

3 Oct 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mandera?

Mandera has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 28.7 °C and it receives 312 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mandera?

The hottest day measured in Mandera between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 1941, reaching 40.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mandera?

The coldest day measured in Mandera between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 1967, at 15.6 °C.

Does it snow in Mandera?

Almost never: Mandera sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Mandera warmed?

Yes: Mandera warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mandera?

The wettest day measured in Mandera between 1940 and 2025 was 19 November 2023, with 176 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mandera?

The windiest day measured in Mandera between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2021, with winds reaching 38.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mandera?

The warmest month in Mandera is March (30.5 °C on average); the coldest is November (27.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Mandera?

Mandera receives on average 312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 52 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mandera?

Mandera gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mandera?

Yes: Mandera has on average 364 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mandera?

In Mandera, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 27 March 1982, and the lowest was 14.7 °C on 11 January 1941.

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