Maua climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Maua?

Maua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 961 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Maua between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2019, reaching 33.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Maua?

The coldest day measured in Maua between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2012, at 10.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Maua?

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

Q: Has the climate of Maua warmed?

Yes: Maua warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Maua?

The wettest day measured in Maua between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 1993, with 153 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Maua?

The windiest day measured in Maua between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2005, with winds reaching 32.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Maua?

The warmest month in Maua is March (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Maua?

Maua receives on average 961 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Maua?

Maua gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Maua (Kenya) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 961 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 (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Maua averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.

Maua 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 33.6 °C (on 20 April 2019) and the coldest 10.6 °C (on 2 January 2012).

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

MauaMeru County

coords: 0.23°, 37.94°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.9°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

17.4°C

Annual rainfall

961mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

15.3km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

26 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

143 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.4 °C

Average feels-like low

18.1 °C

Average peak gust

39.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

10 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.53 · 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

33.6 °C

20 April 2019

Coldest day

10.6 °C

2 January 2012

Wettest day

153 mm

1 November 1993

Windiest day

32.8 km/h

12 July 2005

Strongest gust

76.3 km/h

12 July 2005

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

28 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

9.0 °C

2 January 2012

Sunniest day

12.0 h

9 April 1944

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.6 °C14 March 2025	14.4 °C7 January 2025	22.9 °C	713 mm	81
2024	33.0 °C17 March 2024	14.9 °C24 January 2024	23.1 °C	825 mm	80
2023	32.3 °C13 October 2023	14.0 °C18 January 2023	22.5 °C	889 mm	60
2022	32.3 °C20 March 2022	14.2 °C18 August 2022	22.6 °C	328 mm	63
2021	32.8 °C5 October 2021	14.7 °C1 February 2021	23.1 °C	499 mm	85
2020	32.2 °C6 October 2020	14.5 °C15 December 2020	22.9 °C	955 mm	47
2019	33.6 °C20 April 2019	14.9 °C19 December 2019	23.3 °C	938 mm	82
2018	31.8 °C26 February 2018	13.4 °C9 February 2018	22.3 °C	1,291 mm	34
2017	32.9 °C10 October 2017	14.3 °C13 January 2017	22.9 °C	634 mm	64
2016	32.8 °C20 March 2016	14.9 °C6 December 2016	22.6 °C	716 mm	60
2015	32.6 °C13 February 2015	14.2 °C26 January 2015	23.1 °C	1,067 mm	84
2014	31.8 °C15 October 2014	13.8 °C25 January 2014	22.6 °C	827 mm	36
2013	33.4 °C27 September 2013	14.8 °C5 July 2013	22.4 °C	1,025 mm	49
2012	31.6 °C15 March 2012	10.6 °C2 January 2012	22.6 °C	828 mm	46
2011	33.3 °C11 February 2011	14.1 °C7 February 2011	22.9 °C	745 mm	52
2010	31.6 °C12 October 2010	15.2 °C26 January 2010	22.7 °C	723 mm	24
2009	32.0 °C10 March 2009	13.6 °C12 January 2009	22.9 °C	649 mm	58
2008	31.6 °C21 September 2008	13.5 °C22 December 2008	22.3 °C	696 mm	32
2007	32.6 °C24 February 2007	14.1 °C17 December 2007	22.6 °C	719 mm	38
2006	32.3 °C18 February 2006	14.8 °C28 January 2006	22.8 °C	1,147 mm	50
2005	32.5 °C2 March 2005	12.3 °C3 January 2005	22.6 °C	609 mm	51
2004	31.3 °C8 October 2004	14.4 °C5 July 2004	22.3 °C	866 mm	20
2003	32.0 °C23 February 2003	12.6 °C14 January 2003	22.3 °C	844 mm	38
2002	30.6 °C10 September 2002	14.5 °C5 February 2002	22.0 °C	956 mm	10
2001	31.2 °C18 October 2001	14.2 °C3 February 2001	22.2 °C	857 mm	27
2000	31.6 °C29 February 2000	13.2 °C27 January 2000	22.4 °C	431 mm	39
1999	31.6 °C10 February 1999	13.9 °C4 February 1999	22.1 °C	591 mm	19
1998	31.5 °C31 March 1998	14.8 °C13 June 1998	21.9 °C	1,035 mm	9
1997	32.4 °C7 March 1997	15.2 °C14 January 1997	22.2 °C	1,246 mm	27
1996	32.0 °C22 February 1996	14.0 °C4 August 1996	22.1 °C	650 mm	11
1995	31.2 °C19 October 1995	14.5 °C21 January 1995	21.9 °C	824 mm	8
1994	31.0 °C13 March 1994	13.9 °C31 December 1994	22.0 °C	956 mm	24
1993	30.7 °C11 March 1993	13.9 °C3 March 1993	21.4 °C	985 mm	7
1992	31.6 °C28 March 1992	14.2 °C1 August 1992	21.6 °C	777 mm	15
1991	31.3 °C5 October 1991	13.8 °C22 January 1991	21.6 °C	745 mm	12
1990	30.0 °C2 October 1990	13.1 °C27 June 1990	21.4 °C	1,207 mm	1
1989	30.5 °C22 October 1989	13.2 °C27 January 1989	21.2 °C	1,212 mm	2
1988	32.3 °C23 March 1988	13.7 °C13 December 1988	22.0 °C	1,068 mm	23
1987	32.3 °C5 March 1987	12.9 °C13 July 1987	22.3 °C	656 mm	40
1986	31.1 °C7 October 1986	13.6 °C18 July 1986	21.5 °C	1,026 mm	17
1985	31.7 °C16 February 1985	12.7 °C8 June 1985	21.3 °C	1,117 mm	8
1984	31.6 °C10 April 1984	13.4 °C6 February 1984	21.7 °C	815 mm	14
1983	30.9 °C21 March 1983	12.7 °C10 January 1983	22.1 °C	977 mm	23
1982	31.6 °C3 March 1982	13.6 °C31 December 1982	21.6 °C	1,211 mm	11
1981	31.9 °C6 October 1981	13.1 °C19 June 1981	21.6 °C	1,237 mm	23
1980	32.7 °C17 October 1980	12.6 °C23 January 1980	21.9 °C	774 mm	38
1979	31.0 °C17 September 1979	13.8 °C2 March 1979	21.0 °C	1,346 mm	6
1978	30.3 °C19 March 1978	12.7 °C29 January 1978	21.0 °C	1,260 mm	3
1977	30.7 °C10 September 1977	13.3 °C26 August 1977	21.3 °C	1,665 mm	6
1976	30.5 °C22 March 1976	12.4 °C16 January 1976	21.3 °C	991 mm	2
1975	31.1 °C12 March 1975	12.6 °C17 December 1975	21.5 °C	782 mm	9
1974	31.1 °C27 February 1974	14.2 °C3 January 1974	21.5 °C	889 mm	6
1973	32.2 °C6 March 1973	13.2 °C16 December 1973	22.3 °C	807 mm	62
1972	33.0 °C22 September 1972	14.2 °C28 July 1972	21.9 °C	1,027 mm	20
1971	31.6 °C13 February 1971	13.2 °C13 February 1971	21.6 °C	830 mm	27
1970	31.0 °C26 February 1970	12.7 °C18 September 1970	21.6 °C	782 mm	12
1969	31.2 °C4 September 1969	12.1 °C22 August 1969	21.4 °C	847 mm	9
1968	31.9 °C29 January 1968	11.6 °C15 January 1968	21.0 °C	1,402 mm	18
1967	32.2 °C24 March 1967	13.2 °C9 December 1967	21.7 °C	1,006 mm	29
1966	32.6 °C15 February 1966	13.7 °C12 January 1966	21.9 °C	857 mm	8
1965	30.4 °C17 February 1965	12.4 °C7 June 1965	21.3 °C	959 mm	8
1964	30.6 °C23 September 1964	12.8 °C31 August 1964	21.0 °C	1,123 mm	3
1963	30.2 °C18 March 1963	13.0 °C28 July 1963	21.1 °C	1,476 mm	1
1962	30.3 °C21 September 1962	13.6 °C1 February 1962	21.3 °C	1,114 mm	1
1961	30.3 °C30 January 1961	11.4 °C5 January 1961	21.8 °C	1,230 mm	4
1960	31.0 °C1 October 1960	12.1 °C20 January 1960	21.7 °C	913 mm	10
1959	31.0 °C17 March 1959	13.3 °C3 February 1959	21.7 °C	1,006 mm	17
1958	30.6 °C14 March 1958	12.5 °C6 January 1958	21.4 °C	1,154 mm	2
1957	29.9 °C24 September 1957	11.9 °C15 February 1957	21.1 °C	1,382 mm	0
1956	31.5 °C23 September 1956	13.6 °C14 July 1956	21.5 °C	878 mm	20
1955	30.4 °C15 September 1955	14.0 °C10 February 1955	21.5 °C	910 mm	8
1954	30.5 °C22 October 1954	12.6 °C13 January 1954	21.3 °C	795 mm	2
1953	30.0 °C10 October 1953	14.2 °C10 January 1953	20.5 °C	1,798 mm	1
1952	30.3 °C16 September 1952	14.0 °C1 September 1952	20.8 °C	1,524 mm	4
1951	30.4 °C7 September 1951	14.2 °C20 January 1951	20.9 °C	1,785 mm	3
1950	29.8 °C4 October 1950	13.6 °C2 June 1950	20.8 °C	1,265 mm	0
1949	31.5 °C8 February 1949	14.5 °C3 January 1949	21.7 °C	995 mm	16
1948	30.1 °C26 September 1948	12.8 °C1 January 1948	21.1 °C	1,214 mm	2
1947	29.7 °C6 October 1947	13.5 °C29 December 1947	20.9 °C	1,604 mm	0
1946	33.5 °C21 February 1946	14.2 °C9 January 1946	22.5 °C	572 mm	68
1945	31.0 °C24 September 1945	13.8 °C2 January 1945	21.8 °C	601 mm	18
1944	33.3 °C21 February 1944	12.3 °C11 July 1944	22.1 °C	773 mm	61
1943	32.2 °C22 March 1943	13.9 °C10 October 1943	22.2 °C	371 mm	43
1942	31.7 °C12 September 1942	12.7 °C5 January 1942	22.0 °C	489 mm	34
1941	32.7 °C26 March 1941	12.7 °C10 December 1941	21.8 °C	1,112 mm	43
1940	30.8 °C19 September 1940	14.0 °C10 December 1940	21.5 °C	1,205 mm	10

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.6 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

81 d/yr

+55

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

713 mm

-249 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.2 °C	+2.2 °C	32 mm	-44 mm
Feb	30.6 °C	+2.4 °C	11 mm	-44 mm
Mar	29.8 °C	+1.4 °C	128 mm	+20 mm
Apr	28.1 °C	+0.9 °C	175 mm	-8 mm
May	28.5 °C	+1.7 °C	52 mm	-7 mm
Jun	28.2 °C	+1.6 °C	7 mm	-1 mm
Jul	27.0 °C	+0.7 °C	4 mm	-4 mm
Aug	27.1 °C	+0.1 °C	9 mm	+2 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+1.5 °C	5 mm	-4 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	+1.1 °C	168 mm	+83 mm
Nov	27.2 °C	+1.4 °C	43 mm	-176 mm
Dec	27.9 °C	+2.1 °C	79 mm	-64 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.6 °C

14 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.4 °C

7 Jan 2025

Wettest day

116.4 mm

29 Oct 2025

Windiest day

27.5 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.0 °C

14 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.8 °C

7 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.8 h

26 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Maua?

Maua has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.9 °C and it receives 961 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maua?

The hottest day measured in Maua between 1940 and 2025 was 20 April 2019, reaching 33.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Maua?

The coldest day measured in Maua between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2012, at 10.6 °C.

Does it snow in Maua?

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

Has the climate of Maua warmed?

Yes: Maua warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Maua?

The wettest day measured in Maua between 1940 and 2025 was 1 November 1993, with 153 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Maua?

The windiest day measured in Maua between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 2005, with winds reaching 32.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Maua?

The warmest month in Maua is March (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Maua?

Maua receives on average 961 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Maua?

Maua gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Maua?

Yes: Maua has on average 10 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maua?

In Maua, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 28 March 2016, and the lowest was 9.0 °C on 2 January 2012.

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