Eldoret weather in August

In August, Eldoret sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 304 mm of rain across 27.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Eldoret's 10th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eldoret's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 304 mm; 27.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:43 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 10th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.22 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Eldoret is Town in Kenya.

Founded: 1905

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical August day in Eldoret reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 22°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

Eldoret weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 12°	49	7.1	12	7.4
Feb	26° / 13°	44	5.8	12	7.3
Mar	26° / 13°	97	10.8	12	6.6
Apr	24° / 13°	195	19.6	12	5.2
May	23° / 13°	245	21.5	12	4.9
Jun	22° / 12°	226	23.3	12	4.4
Jul	21° / 11°	250	27.3	12	3.8
Aug	21° / 11°	304	27.8	12	3.8
Sep	22° / 12°	199	18.9	12	5.2
Oct	23° / 12°	171	17.3	12	5.5
Nov	23° / 12°	122	13	12	6.0
Dec	24° / 12°	65	7.7	12	7.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	24	25	26
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	77	76	76	77	77	76	76	76	76	75	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	22	78
21	23	77
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	26	74

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Eldoret gets around 304 mm of rain over 27.8 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	88	87	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	89
4	89
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	87
31	86

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 61% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	44	45
Comfortable (%)	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	62	61	60	59	59	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	56	55

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	44	56
31	45	55

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
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30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:44 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:39 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:44	6:46
2	12.0	6:44	6:46
3	12.0	6:44	6:46
4	12.0	6:44	6:45
5	12.0	6:44	6:45
6	12.0	6:44	6:45
7	12.0	6:44	6:45
8	12.0	6:44	6:45
9	12.0	6:44	6:45
10	12.0	6:43	6:45
11	12.0	6:43	6:44
12	12.0	6:43	6:44
13	12.0	6:43	6:44
14	12.0	6:43	6:44
15	12.0	6:43	6:44
16	12.0	6:43	6:44
17	12.0	6:42	6:43
18	12.0	6:42	6:43
19	12.0	6:42	6:43
20	12.0	6:42	6:43
21	12.0	6:41	6:42
22	12.0	6:41	6:42
23	12.0	6:41	6:42
24	12.0	6:41	6:41
25	12.0	6:40	6:41
26	12.0	6:40	6:41
27	12.0	6:40	6:41
28	12.0	6:40	6:40
29	12.0	6:39	6:40
30	12.0	6:39	6:40
31	12.0	6:39	6:39

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.22 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Eldoret

In seasonPeak

In August, Eldoret sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Eldoret's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Eldoret?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

2.4

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Eldoret.

What to pack for Eldoret in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Eldoret sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Eldoret in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Eldoret peaks around March 14 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	16	17	15	12	11	11	12	13	15	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Eldoret in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Eldoret is worst in June — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	45	41	40	45	54	64	60	56	57	50	45	44
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	40	Poor
Apr	45	Poor
May	54	Poor
Jun	64	Unhealthy
Jul	60	Unhealthy
Aug	56	Unhealthy
Sep	57	Unhealthy
Oct	50	Poor
Nov	45	Poor
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Eldoret?

Eldoret sits at 0.5°N, 35.3°E, 2,095 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Iten, 31 km away.

Topography around Eldoret

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Eldoret.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eldoret has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 2,096 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,414 m.

The land around Eldoret is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and cropland (29%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

145 m

artificial surfaces 34%

16 km

434 m

cropland 51%

80 km

2,414 m

trees 41%

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← July Eldoret year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Iten 31 km · Kapsabet 40 km · Moi‘s Bridge 42 km · Kabarnet 53 km · Webuye 56 km · Kiminini 56 km · Kitale 62 km · Kakamega 63 km

Kenya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,363; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.9; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 28.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 593
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Eldoret (0.5204°, 35.2699°, elevation 2,095 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	22	78
21	23	77
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	89
4	89
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	87
31	86

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	44	56
31	45	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	22	78
21	23	77
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	89
4	89
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	87
31	86

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	44	56
31	45	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	21	11
20	21	11
21	21	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	21	79
20	22	78
21	23	77
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	25	75
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	89
2	89
3	89
4	89
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	87
31	86

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	34	66
5	34	66
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	40	60
18	41	59
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	43	57
28	43	57
29	44	56
30	44	56
31	45	55