Nyamira climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nyamira?

Nyamira has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 2,154 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Nyamira between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1946, reaching 33.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nyamira?

The coldest day measured in Nyamira between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1963, at 8.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nyamira?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nyamira warmed?

Yes: Nyamira warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nyamira?

The wettest day measured in Nyamira between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1998, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nyamira?

The windiest day measured in Nyamira between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1961, with winds reaching 21.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nyamira?

The warmest month in Nyamira is February (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nyamira?

Nyamira receives on average 2,154 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 252 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nyamira?

Nyamira gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Nyamira (Kenya) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 2,154 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 February (20.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Nyamira averages 0 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 252 rainy days per year.

Nyamira has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 31 March 1946) and the coldest 8.9 °C (on 28 August 1963).

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

NyamiraNyamira county

coords: -0.56°, 34.94°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

19.4°C

Average daily high

25.3°C

Average daily low

14.8°C

Annual rainfall

2,154mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

9.3km/h

Seasonal range

2.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

9 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

252 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

14.8 °C

Average peak gust

25.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

33.7 °C

31 March 1946

Coldest day

8.9 °C

28 August 1963

Wettest day

111 mm

10 January 1998

Windiest day

21.4 km/h

22 January 1961

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

24 March 2000

Hottest feels-like

35.2 °C

5 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

6.3 °C

28 August 1963

Sunniest day

11.9 h

22 February 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.5 °C2 March 2025	12.1 °C15 January 2025	20.3 °C	1,767 mm	21
2024	32.0 °C20 March 2024	13.8 °C22 June 2024	20.6 °C	2,195 mm	14
2023	32.6 °C20 February 2023	12.5 °C6 January 2023	20.7 °C	2,186 mm	29
2022	31.4 °C12 March 2022	11.2 °C14 January 2022	20.2 °C	1,624 mm	14
2021	31.2 °C12 March 2021	12.2 °C1 February 2021	20.2 °C	1,685 mm	8
2020	29.5 °C7 March 2020	12.5 °C9 February 2020	19.9 °C	2,499 mm	0
2019	33.2 °C24 March 2019	13.4 °C14 July 2019	20.6 °C	2,148 mm	41
2018	32.4 °C10 February 2018	11.7 °C8 August 2018	20.2 °C	2,113 mm	19
2017	32.3 °C13 February 2017	13.5 °C5 January 2017	20.8 °C	1,580 mm	32
2016	32.5 °C4 March 2016	13.4 °C25 August 2016	20.6 °C	1,562 mm	32
2015	33.7 °C9 March 2015	12.8 °C5 January 2015	20.5 °C	2,224 mm	39
2014	32.2 °C10 March 2014	12.2 °C13 February 2014	19.9 °C	1,589 mm	15
2013	31.4 °C24 February 2013	11.2 °C15 July 2013	19.7 °C	2,094 mm	13
2012	32.8 °C15 February 2012	10.3 °C3 January 2012	19.9 °C	2,233 mm	41
2011	32.6 °C27 February 2011	11.8 °C27 January 2011	19.9 °C	2,199 mm	22
2010	31.3 °C2 February 2010	12.9 °C14 September 2010	20.0 °C	2,197 mm	2
2009	31.9 °C25 March 2009	12.8 °C4 July 2009	20.4 °C	1,409 mm	26
2008	31.6 °C12 January 2008	12.1 °C8 July 2008	19.8 °C	1,716 mm	10
2007	30.6 °C6 March 2007	12.1 °C18 December 2007	19.8 °C	1,927 mm	2
2006	32.1 °C27 January 2006	12.3 °C25 July 2006	20.0 °C	2,310 mm	29
2005	33.5 °C23 February 2005	11.8 °C5 January 2005	20.5 °C	1,539 mm	29
2004	30.9 °C23 March 2004	12.0 °C28 January 2004	20.1 °C	1,783 mm	5
2003	32.5 °C21 February 2003	11.9 °C4 July 2003	20.0 °C	1,635 mm	27
2002	31.1 °C27 February 2002	12.7 °C9 July 2002	20.2 °C	1,890 mm	5
2001	31.0 °C28 February 2001	12.1 °C22 July 2001	19.5 °C	2,015 mm	4
2000	33.3 °C24 March 2000	11.7 °C27 January 2000	20.0 °C	1,256 mm	18
1999	32.4 °C26 February 1999	12.4 °C6 July 1999	19.7 °C	1,556 mm	20
1998	31.0 °C5 March 1998	12.5 °C22 June 1998	20.0 °C	2,003 mm	5
1997	33.7 °C13 March 1997	12.2 °C5 February 1997	20.3 °C	2,476 mm	37
1996	29.1 °C11 March 1996	10.7 °C10 August 1996	19.7 °C	1,828 mm	0
1995	30.2 °C5 February 1995	11.7 °C25 August 1995	19.8 °C	1,996 mm	2
1994	30.8 °C1 February 1994	12.2 °C4 July 1994	19.7 °C	2,473 mm	4
1993	29.8 °C16 March 1993	11.2 °C22 January 1993	19.7 °C	1,584 mm	0
1992	32.1 °C15 March 1992	12.2 °C1 September 1992	19.5 °C	1,990 mm	12
1991	30.5 °C20 March 1991	11.6 °C11 September 1991	19.3 °C	2,293 mm	1
1990	29.1 °C29 January 1990	11.4 °C8 January 1990	19.3 °C	2,208 mm	0
1989	30.3 °C1 March 1989	10.1 °C21 June 1989	19.1 °C	2,008 mm	2
1988	31.0 °C29 February 1988	11.0 °C19 July 1988	19.5 °C	2,271 mm	5
1987	30.5 °C29 December 1987	12.5 °C5 January 1987	19.9 °C	2,014 mm	2
1986	29.3 °C24 February 1986	10.0 °C5 August 1986	19.2 °C	2,407 mm	0
1985	31.6 °C16 March 1985	10.7 °C9 July 1985	19.1 °C	2,694 mm	4
1984	31.8 °C10 March 1984	11.3 °C23 December 1984	19.3 °C	1,864 mm	13
1983	30.5 °C7 March 1983	11.8 °C30 November 1983	19.5 °C	2,300 mm	4
1982	31.1 °C17 March 1982	10.9 °C5 August 1982	19.3 °C	2,419 mm	4
1981	31.7 °C2 March 1981	11.2 °C15 June 1981	19.3 °C	2,169 mm	8
1980	32.0 °C22 February 1980	11.3 °C24 July 1980	19.5 °C	1,786 mm	15
1979	29.4 °C7 March 1979	10.7 °C18 July 1979	19.1 °C	2,313 mm	0
1978	30.1 °C7 February 1978	9.9 °C18 July 1978	18.8 °C	2,612 mm	1
1977	29.2 °C29 September 1977	10.2 °C14 August 1977	18.9 °C	2,705 mm	0
1976	30.4 °C30 January 1976	9.7 °C19 August 1976	18.8 °C	2,319 mm	2
1975	30.6 °C9 February 1975	10.8 °C31 October 1975	18.7 °C	2,455 mm	4
1974	31.0 °C16 March 1974	11.0 °C30 July 1974	18.8 °C	2,175 mm	7
1973	30.5 °C15 March 1973	11.2 °C3 July 1973	19.3 °C	2,194 mm	8
1972	28.6 °C30 January 1972	11.9 °C2 September 1972	18.8 °C	2,890 mm	0
1971	31.7 °C5 March 1971	10.3 °C20 September 1971	18.6 °C	2,460 mm	12
1970	29.4 °C3 January 1970	11.0 °C11 July 1970	18.8 °C	2,380 mm	0
1969	29.8 °C1 October 1969	9.2 °C6 August 1969	19.0 °C	2,046 mm	0
1968	29.1 °C21 January 1968	10.1 °C15 January 1968	18.5 °C	2,617 mm	0
1967	31.7 °C26 February 1967	10.9 °C27 September 1967	18.8 °C	2,813 mm	9
1966	28.9 °C23 December 1966	11.1 °C28 November 1966	19.0 °C	2,553 mm	0
1965	31.9 °C11 March 1965	9.9 °C18 January 1965	18.9 °C	2,124 mm	9
1964	28.6 °C12 March 1964	9.8 °C31 August 1964	18.4 °C	2,580 mm	0
1963	29.6 °C20 October 1963	8.9 °C28 August 1963	18.3 °C	2,947 mm	0
1962	28.3 °C26 February 1962	10.2 °C2 July 1962	18.2 °C	2,779 mm	0
1961	31.3 °C21 January 1961	11.2 °C14 February 1961	19.1 °C	2,675 mm	5
1960	29.2 °C12 December 1960	11.3 °C28 January 1960	19.1 °C	2,368 mm	0
1959	29.7 °C17 March 1959	9.9 °C22 September 1959	19.2 °C	2,314 mm	0
1958	31.1 °C3 March 1958	10.7 °C28 June 1958	19.2 °C	2,089 mm	5
1957	29.1 °C17 February 1957	10.7 °C3 September 1957	18.9 °C	2,513 mm	0
1956	28.9 °C12 March 1956	11.3 °C23 July 1956	18.2 °C	2,326 mm	0
1955	27.3 °C7 October 1955	11.4 °C22 July 1955	18.3 °C	2,080 mm	0
1954	27.0 °C24 November 1954	11.0 °C2 July 1954	18.3 °C	2,211 mm	0
1953	27.5 °C7 September 1953	10.7 °C12 August 1953	18.2 °C	3,614 mm	0
1952	27.4 °C27 September 1952	12.2 °C21 January 1952	18.5 °C	2,862 mm	0
1951	28.5 °C8 October 1951	10.4 °C4 July 1951	18.3 °C	3,015 mm	0
1950	28.7 °C28 February 1950	11.0 °C19 August 1950	18.1 °C	2,571 mm	0
1949	28.6 °C23 March 1949	11.7 °C7 February 1949	18.6 °C	2,213 mm	0
1948	27.1 °C19 September 1948	11.5 °C12 August 1948	18.6 °C	2,379 mm	0
1947	28.2 °C6 October 1947	10.3 °C25 July 1947	18.5 °C	2,899 mm	0
1946	33.7 °C31 March 1946	12.0 °C20 July 1946	19.3 °C	1,696 mm	41
1945	29.4 °C5 October 1945	11.4 °C28 June 1945	19.0 °C	1,227 mm	0
1944	31.4 °C24 March 1944	10.8 °C7 July 1944	19.9 °C	1,261 mm	24
1943	32.0 °C18 February 1943	10.4 °C27 July 1943	19.5 °C	1,039 mm	23
1942	30.0 °C5 February 1942	11.6 °C21 July 1942	19.1 °C	1,247 mm	3
1941	30.5 °C8 February 1941	11.4 °C24 December 1941	18.9 °C	1,531 mm	4
1940	26.8 °C22 February 1940	11.1 °C1 December 1940	18.1 °C	2,450 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

26.2 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

21 d/yr

+12

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1767 mm

-387 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.8 °C	+0.7 °C	62 mm	-38 mm
Feb	29.7 °C	+2.7 °C	27 mm	-73 mm
Mar	27.7 °C	+1.0 °C	210 mm	+1 mm
Apr	25.9 °C	+0.7 °C	264 mm	-91 mm
May	25.6 °C	+1.0 °C	291 mm	+13 mm
Jun	25.1 °C	+0.9 °C	96 mm	-38 mm
Jul	24.6 °C	+0.7 °C	122 mm	+15 mm
Aug	24.7 °C	+0.2 °C	151 mm	+20 mm
Sep	26.1 °C	+0.7 °C	118 mm	-26 mm
Oct	25.4 °C	-0.2 °C	195 mm	-2 mm
Nov	26.6 °C	+1.7 °C	77 mm	-170 mm
Dec	26.3 °C	+1.1 °C	156 mm	+1 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.5 °C

2 Mar 2025

Coldest day

12.1 °C

15 Jan 2025

Wettest day

43.1 mm

20 May 2025

Windiest day

18.4 km/h

20 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

39.6 km/h

9 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.9 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.8 °C

15 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

11.9 h

22 Feb 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nyamira?

Nyamira has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.4 °C and it receives 2,154 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nyamira?

The hottest day measured in Nyamira between 1940 and 2025 was 31 March 1946, reaching 33.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nyamira?

The coldest day measured in Nyamira between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 1963, at 8.9 °C.

Does it snow in Nyamira?

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

Has the climate of Nyamira warmed?

Yes: Nyamira warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nyamira?

The wettest day measured in Nyamira between 1940 and 2025 was 10 January 1998, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nyamira?

The windiest day measured in Nyamira between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1961, with winds reaching 21.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nyamira?

The warmest month in Nyamira is February (20.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Nyamira?

Nyamira receives on average 2,154 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 252 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nyamira?

Nyamira gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Nyamira?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nyamira.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nyamira?

In Nyamira, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.2 °C on 5 March 2016, and the lowest was 6.3 °C on 28 August 1963.

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