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How Nairobi actually feels through the year — hour-by-hour temperatures, rainfall, and humidity, computed from three years of measured weather history. Best months for comfortable weather: Apr–Aug, Nov–Dec.

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Hottest month avg high (Feb)
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Coldest month avg low (Jul)
155
Rainy days per year
0
Muggy+ days per year

Hourly temperature, month by month

Each column is a month, each row an hour of the day; colors are discrete comfort bands. Read it like a map: yellow is "just right", green is pleasantly cool, and brick red is hot.

🌡️ Average Hourly Temperature
12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM12 AM
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
frigidfreezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarmhotsweltering

Temperature & rainfall

Average daily high and low, with monthly rainfall as bars on the right-hand scale.

Humidity comfort

Share of hours per month in each dew-point comfort band — from dry through muggy to miserable. A "muggy+ day" has a dew point of 65°F (18°C) or higher for at least half the day.

Computed from recent multi-year weather history (Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2023–2025), not official climate normals; conditions vary year to year.

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Data last updated · Source: Open-Meteo archive API (ERA5), hourly history 2023-2025