Climate and average weather in Kiminini

Kiminini gets about 1743 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 7.7 months, from around Apr 3 to Nov 22, peaking in May at about 82% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jan 31.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 224 mm over about 24 wet days; February is the driest, with 48 mm.

Over a full year, Kiminini collects about 1743 mm of rain across 208 wet days — roughly 145 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 224 mm, while February is the driest at just 48 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 37% of the year’s total.

In Kiminini, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around December 1 and lasts for 3.9 months, ending around March 30. The clearest month is January, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 59% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around March 31 and lasts for 1.7 months, ending around May 20. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 70% of the time.

Kiminini averages about 6 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 2 and 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.0 months, from around Dec 1 to Apr 2. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 11 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is July, down near 2 sunny days — about 78% fewer than the January peak.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Kiminini, the air stays dry or comfortable essentially all year. Even in May, the muggiest month, it feels humid or worse only about 0% of the time — humidity is not something you need to plan around here.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Kiminini is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.