Iten weather in July

In July, Iten sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 259 mm of rain across 25.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in July, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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

Daytime high: 22°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 259 mm; 25.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:43 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover: 73%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Iten reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and on par with August.

	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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Iten weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 14°	43	4.2	12	7.7
Feb	27° / 14°	42	3.5	12	7.5
Mar	27° / 15°	54	5.3	12	7.3
Apr	26° / 15°	86	10.1	12	6.5
May	25° / 15°	115	11.4	12	6.6
Jun	23° / 14°	202	18.5	12	5.4
Jul	22° / 13°	259	25.8	12	4.2
Aug	22° / 13°	297	25.9	12	4.2
Sep	23° / 13°	160	13.8	12	6.2
Oct	24° / 14°	72	10.2	12	6.9
Nov	24° / 14°	48	8.9	12	7.0
Dec	25° / 14°	34	4.6	12	7.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

	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 (%)	27	27	27	26	26	27	26	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	21	21
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	74	74	73	74	73	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Iten gets around 259 mm of rain over 25.8 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 82% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	72	73	74	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	73
3	74
4	75
5	76
6	76
7	77
8	77
9	78
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	80
14	81
15	82
16	83
17	84
18	85
19	86
20	87
21	88
22	88
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	88
31	87

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the comfortable band about 83% 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 (%)	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Comfortable (%)	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	89	89
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	24	75	1
2	24	75	1
3	24	75	1
4	23	76	1
5	23	76	1
6	22	77	1
7	22	77	1
8	22	77	1
9	21	78	1
10	21	78	1
11	20	79	1
12	19	80	1
13	19	80	1
14	18	81	1
15	17	82	1
16	16	83	1
17	15	84	1
18	14	85	1
19	13	86	1
20	12	87	1
21	11	89	0
22	11	89	0
23	10	89	1
24	10	89	1
25	9	90	1
26	9	90	1
27	9	90	1
28	9	90	1
29	9	90	1
30	10	89	1
31	10	89	1

Wind in July

Winds average 4 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, 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
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:45 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)	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45

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

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.05 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 5.05 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Iten

In seasonPeak

In July, Iten sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Iten's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is July a good time to visit Iten?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Iten for sightseeing.

What to pack for Iten in July

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

In July, Iten sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Iten in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Iten peaks around March 15 at about 16 (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)	15	16	17	15	13	11	12	12	14	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Iten in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Iten 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 Iten?

Iten sits at 0.7°N, 35.5°E, 2,355 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Eldoret, 31 km away.

Topography around Iten

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Iten has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 471 m around an average of 2,247 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,479 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,750 m.

The land around Iten is covered by cropland (40%) and trees (29%) within 3 km, cropland (35%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), shrubs (28%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

471 m

cropland 40%

16 km

1,479 m

cropland 35%

80 km

2,750 m

trees 36%

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← June Iten year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Eldoret 31 km · Kabarnet 33 km · Moi‘s Bridge 48 km · Kitale 68 km · Kapsabet 69 km · Kiminini 69 km · Eldama Ravine 73 km · Kapenguria 77 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 Iten (0.6703°, 35.5081°, elevation 2,355 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	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	22	13
10	22	13
11	22	13
12	22	13
13	22	13
14	22	13
15	22	13
16	21	13
17	21	13
18	21	13
19	21	13
20	21	13
21	21	13
22	21	13
23	21	13
24	21	13
25	21	13
26	21	13
27	21	13
28	21	13
29	21	13
30	21	13
31	21	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	73
3	74
4	75
5	76
6	76
7	77
8	77
9	78
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	80
14	81
15	82
16	83
17	84
18	85
19	86
20	87
21	88
22	88
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	88
31	87

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	24	75	1
2	24	75	1
3	24	75	1
4	23	76	1
5	23	76	1
6	22	77	1
7	22	77	1
8	22	77	1
9	21	78	1
10	21	78	1
11	20	79	1
12	19	80	1
13	19	80	1
14	18	81	1
15	17	82	1
16	16	83	1
17	15	84	1
18	14	85	1
19	13	86	1
20	12	87	1
21	11	89	0
22	11	89	0
23	10	89	1
24	10	89	1
25	9	90	1
26	9	90	1
27	9	90	1
28	9	90	1
29	9	90	1
30	10	89	1
31	10	89	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	73
3	74
4	75
5	76
6	76
7	77
8	77
9	78
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	80
14	81
15	82
16	83
17	84
18	85
19	86
20	87
21	88
22	88
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	88
31	87

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	24	75	1
2	24	75	1
3	24	75	1
4	23	76	1
5	23	76	1
6	22	77	1
7	22	77	1
8	22	77	1
9	21	78	1
10	21	78	1
11	20	79	1
12	19	80	1
13	19	80	1
14	18	81	1
15	17	82	1
16	16	83	1
17	15	84	1
18	14	85	1
19	13	86	1
20	12	87	1
21	11	89	0
22	11	89	0
23	10	89	1
24	10	89	1
25	9	90	1
26	9	90	1
27	9	90	1
28	9	90	1
29	9	90	1
30	10	89	1
31	10	89	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	27	73
9	26	74
10	26	74
11	26	74
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	23	77
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	72
2	73
3	74
4	75
5	76
6	76
7	77
8	77
9	78
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	80
14	81
15	82
16	83
17	84
18	85
19	86
20	87
21	88
22	88
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	88
30	88
31	87

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	24	75	1
2	24	75	1
3	24	75	1
4	23	76	1
5	23	76	1
6	22	77	1
7	22	77	1
8	22	77	1
9	21	78	1
10	21	78	1
11	20	79	1
12	19	80	1
13	19	80	1
14	18	81	1
15	17	82	1
16	16	83	1
17	15	84	1
18	14	85	1
19	13	86	1
20	12	87	1
21	11	89	0
22	11	89	0
23	10	89	1
24	10	89	1
25	9	90	1
26	9	90	1
27	9	90	1
28	9	90	1
29	9	90	1
30	10	89	1
31	10	89	1