Mwala climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mwala?

Mwala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 655 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mwala between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 33.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mwala?

The coldest day measured in Mwala between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1964, at 9.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mwala?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mwala warmed?

Yes: Mwala warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mwala?

The wettest day measured in Mwala between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2019, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mwala?

The windiest day measured in Mwala between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2006, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mwala?

The warmest month in Mwala is March (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mwala?

Mwala receives on average 655 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mwala?

Mwala gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mwala (Kenya) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 655 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Mwala averages 0 frost days, 12 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 132 rainy days per year.

Mwala has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 29 March 2016) and the coldest 9.7 °C (on 12 August 1964).

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

MwalaMachakos County

coords: -1.35°, 37.45°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.7°C

Average daily high

25.9°C

Average daily low

16.5°C

Annual rainfall

655mm

Sunshine / day

10.2h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

13.4km/h

Seasonal range

3.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

12 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

132 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.0 °C

Average feels-like low

17.3 °C

Average peak gust

32.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.67 · 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

33.4 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest day

9.7 °C

12 August 1964

Wettest day

116 mm

22 November 2019

Windiest day

22.7 km/h

28 September 2006

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

10 September 2006

Hottest feels-like

35.8 °C

2 March 2005

Coldest feels-like

8.6 °C

11 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.1 h

24 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.7 °C1 March 2025	12.8 °C24 July 2025	21.8 °C	439 mm	36
2024	32.7 °C17 March 2024	12.6 °C12 July 2024	22.0 °C	617 mm	40
2023	32.5 °C13 October 2023	13.3 °C20 August 2023	21.7 °C	527 mm	42
2022	33.1 °C14 March 2022	11.9 °C18 August 2022	21.6 °C	263 mm	44
2021	33.4 °C29 August 2021	12.1 °C27 August 2021	21.8 °C	504 mm	36
2020	31.7 °C6 October 2020	12.5 °C11 July 2020	21.7 °C	791 mm	22
2019	33.1 °C1 March 2019	13.8 °C23 July 2019	22.1 °C	835 mm	44
2018	32.6 °C26 February 2018	12.5 °C17 July 2018	21.3 °C	753 mm	18
2017	32.4 °C5 March 2017	14.4 °C30 July 2017	21.9 °C	378 mm	40
2016	33.4 °C29 March 2016	12.5 °C15 July 2016	21.5 °C	553 mm	25
2015	32.8 °C13 February 2015	13.3 °C16 July 2015	21.9 °C	624 mm	42
2014	31.5 °C15 October 2014	13.5 °C29 June 2014	21.5 °C	475 mm	14
2013	31.9 °C7 March 2013	12.0 °C8 July 2013	21.3 °C	704 mm	33
2012	32.6 °C15 March 2012	12.5 °C2 January 2012	21.7 °C	497 mm	46
2011	33.3 °C11 February 2011	13.3 °C30 June 2011	21.7 °C	472 mm	26
2010	31.6 °C11 October 2010	12.7 °C16 August 2010	21.4 °C	547 mm	7
2009	32.5 °C22 March 2009	14.0 °C5 July 2009	21.7 °C	407 mm	26
2008	31.7 °C30 October 2008	11.5 °C9 July 2008	21.2 °C	444 mm	18
2007	32.5 °C25 September 2007	12.7 °C23 September 2007	21.3 °C	416 mm	21
2006	31.6 °C23 February 2006	12.9 °C20 August 2006	21.2 °C	704 mm	13
2005	32.6 °C27 February 2005	12.5 °C10 July 2005	21.4 °C	567 mm	24
2004	31.0 °C9 October 2004	11.9 °C6 July 2004	21.2 °C	514 mm	9
2003	32.1 °C23 February 2003	12.6 °C29 August 2003	21.3 °C	462 mm	36
2002	30.7 °C16 February 2002	11.4 °C23 July 2002	20.9 °C	642 mm	5
2001	30.8 °C4 March 2001	12.0 °C7 August 2001	20.9 °C	524 mm	5
2000	32.5 °C27 February 2000	13.2 °C1 July 2000	21.1 °C	308 mm	20
1999	32.0 °C10 February 1999	12.7 °C5 July 1999	20.8 °C	595 mm	6
1998	30.7 °C23 February 1998	12.9 °C1 July 1998	20.8 °C	685 mm	6
1997	32.0 °C23 February 1997	13.8 °C31 July 1997	21.3 °C	651 mm	27
1996	31.0 °C22 February 1996	11.5 °C4 August 1996	20.9 °C	537 mm	3
1995	31.2 °C8 February 1995	11.9 °C22 August 1995	20.9 °C	573 mm	8
1994	31.3 °C28 February 1994	12.3 °C11 September 1994	21.1 °C	589 mm	16
1993	30.7 °C11 March 1993	11.3 °C2 September 1993	20.4 °C	575 mm	2
1992	31.3 °C25 February 1992	11.6 °C27 July 1992	20.6 °C	509 mm	14
1991	31.8 °C23 March 1991	11.7 °C5 August 1991	20.7 °C	558 mm	14
1990	29.5 °C16 October 1990	10.6 °C27 June 1990	20.3 °C	690 mm	0
1989	29.7 °C2 March 1989	10.6 °C21 June 1989	20.1 °C	736 mm	0
1988	31.5 °C17 March 1988	13.3 °C1 September 1988	20.9 °C	718 mm	9
1987	31.0 °C4 April 1987	11.4 °C13 July 1987	21.1 °C	457 mm	9
1986	31.0 °C14 March 1986	10.8 °C20 July 1986	20.4 °C	847 mm	7
1985	30.3 °C16 February 1985	11.2 °C8 June 1985	20.2 °C	864 mm	1
1984	32.1 °C16 February 1984	12.9 °C15 December 1984	20.6 °C	697 mm	13
1983	30.5 °C8 March 1983	11.5 °C5 July 1983	21.1 °C	626 mm	4
1982	31.2 °C3 March 1982	11.4 °C18 July 1982	20.5 °C	707 mm	5
1981	31.1 °C6 October 1981	11.5 °C25 July 1981	20.6 °C	805 mm	6
1980	31.6 °C10 March 1980	11.7 °C14 June 1980	20.7 °C	622 mm	6
1979	29.8 °C12 October 1979	11.7 °C18 July 1979	20.0 °C	977 mm	0
1978	29.5 °C19 March 1978	11.1 °C29 August 1978	20.0 °C	788 mm	0
1977	30.1 °C23 October 1977	11.3 °C26 August 1977	20.3 °C	1,181 mm	1
1976	29.8 °C11 March 1976	11.1 °C19 August 1976	20.4 °C	654 mm	0
1975	30.7 °C14 March 1975	12.8 °C9 August 1975	20.4 °C	493 mm	2
1974	30.4 °C27 February 1974	11.4 °C30 July 1974	20.2 °C	677 mm	1
1973	32.5 °C17 March 1973	11.0 °C2 July 1973	20.9 °C	490 mm	15
1972	31.1 °C22 September 1972	12.0 °C28 July 1972	20.6 °C	711 mm	4
1971	31.7 °C13 February 1971	11.2 °C6 August 1971	20.3 °C	633 mm	20
1970	30.1 °C26 February 1970	11.0 °C18 September 1970	20.4 °C	627 mm	1
1969	31.0 °C4 September 1969	10.0 °C22 August 1969	20.2 °C	701 mm	1
1968	32.1 °C29 January 1968	10.7 °C12 August 1968	20.0 °C	946 mm	9
1967	31.8 °C20 February 1967	11.6 °C28 August 1967	20.5 °C	624 mm	19
1966	31.9 °C15 February 1966	11.7 °C19 August 1966	20.6 °C	638 mm	2
1965	30.0 °C17 February 1965	11.0 °C28 June 1965	20.2 °C	719 mm	2
1964	30.1 °C24 February 1964	9.7 °C12 August 1964	19.9 °C	883 mm	2
1963	29.0 °C23 September 1963	10.3 °C28 July 1963	19.9 °C	1,029 mm	0
1962	29.2 °C4 November 1962	11.2 °C13 August 1962	20.0 °C	727 mm	0
1961	30.1 °C30 January 1961	12.1 °C5 January 1961	20.7 °C	866 mm	1
1960	30.7 °C29 February 1960	10.9 °C20 August 1960	20.4 °C	680 mm	5
1959	30.6 °C19 October 1959	10.3 °C10 August 1959	20.5 °C	654 mm	8
1958	29.6 °C4 March 1958	11.6 °C25 September 1958	20.3 °C	748 mm	0
1957	29.5 °C4 October 1957	11.9 °C4 July 1957	20.0 °C	984 mm	0
1956	31.1 °C23 September 1956	11.7 °C14 July 1956	20.1 °C	639 mm	7
1955	29.8 °C15 October 1955	11.6 °C11 August 1955	20.2 °C	601 mm	0
1954	29.8 °C22 October 1954	11.5 °C21 June 1954	20.1 °C	639 mm	0
1953	29.0 °C10 October 1953	11.5 °C6 September 1953	19.5 °C	1,112 mm	0
1952	29.8 °C16 September 1952	11.8 °C27 June 1952	19.7 °C	922 mm	0
1951	29.7 °C1 October 1951	11.6 °C30 July 1951	19.7 °C	1,202 mm	0
1950	29.6 °C22 February 1950	10.8 °C3 June 1950	19.7 °C	875 mm	0
1949	31.2 °C8 February 1949	11.7 °C31 July 1949	20.2 °C	664 mm	3
1948	29.6 °C23 September 1948	12.3 °C4 July 1948	20.0 °C	760 mm	0
1947	29.4 °C25 September 1947	11.8 °C18 September 1947	19.8 °C	972 mm	0
1946	33.2 °C28 February 1946	12.7 °C5 August 1946	21.2 °C	375 mm	45
1945	30.1 °C29 January 1945	11.8 °C21 August 1945	20.4 °C	408 mm	3
1944	32.5 °C21 February 1944	10.3 °C6 July 1944	20.6 °C	537 mm	21
1943	30.9 °C15 February 1943	11.2 °C26 July 1943	20.6 °C	352 mm	11
1942	30.2 °C1 October 1942	11.6 °C4 August 1942	20.6 °C	376 mm	4
1941	32.2 °C27 March 1941	12.3 °C23 July 1941	20.6 °C	690 mm	14
1940	29.4 °C19 September 1940	12.7 °C29 June 1940	20.2 °C	765 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.2 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

36 d/yr

+24

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

439 mm

-216 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.1 °C	+1.6 °C	36 mm	-13 mm
Feb	29.7 °C	+1.8 °C	5 mm	-33 mm
Mar	29.2 °C	+1.5 °C	57 mm	-23 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	+1.1 °C	117 mm	-18 mm
May	26.9 °C	+1.7 °C	42 mm	-11 mm
Jun	25.8 °C	+1.3 °C	7 mm	-1 mm
Jul	24.6 °C	+0.7 °C	5 mm	+1 mm
Aug	24.5 °C	0.0 °C	12 mm	+9 mm
Sep	28.3 °C	+1.7 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Oct	28.0 °C	+0.8 °C	23 mm	-15 mm
Nov	27.0 °C	+1.7 °C	47 mm	-107 mm
Dec	27.0 °C	+1.7 °C	86 mm	-3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.7 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

12.8 °C

24 Jul 2025

Wettest day

18.4 mm

23 Apr 2025

Windiest day

19.4 km/h

14 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

14 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.3 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.1 °C

24 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

8 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mwala?

Mwala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 655 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mwala?

The hottest day measured in Mwala between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2016, reaching 33.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mwala?

The coldest day measured in Mwala between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1964, at 9.7 °C.

Does it snow in Mwala?

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

Has the climate of Mwala warmed?

Yes: Mwala warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mwala?

The wettest day measured in Mwala between 1940 and 2025 was 22 November 2019, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mwala?

The windiest day measured in Mwala between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2006, with winds reaching 22.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mwala?

The warmest month in Mwala is March (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Mwala?

Mwala receives on average 655 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 132 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mwala?

Mwala gets on average 10.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,723 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mwala?

Yes: Mwala has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mwala?

In Mwala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.8 °C on 2 March 2005, and the lowest was 8.6 °C on 11 July 1944.

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