Kiminini weather in December

In December, Kiminini sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 71 mm of rain across 10.8 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of December to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kiminini's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kiminini's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 71 mm; 10.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:38 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.9; out of 10

Kiminini is place in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kiminini reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 1°C cooler than January.

	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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25
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	24	13
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3	24	13
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27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

Kiminini weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	52	7.3	12	7.4
Feb	26° / 13°	48	6.6	12	7.2
Mar	26° / 14°	95	12.6	12	6.4
Apr	24° / 14°	189	20.7	12	5.0
May	23° / 14°	220	23.9	12	4.6
Jun	22° / 13°	199	22.2	12.1	4.7
Jul	21° / 13°	172	21.8	12	4.6
Aug	21° / 12°	224	23.7	12	4.5
Sep	22° / 13°	174	18.6	12	5.4
Oct	23° / 13°	158	20.5	12	5.1
Nov	23° / 14°	141	19.5	12	5.2
Dec	24° / 13°	71	10.8	11.9	6.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 45%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	43	43	44	44	44	46	47	48	49	51	52	54	54	55	57	57	58	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	60
Cloudier (%)	57	57	56	56	56	54	53	52	51	49	48	46	46	45	43	43	42	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	55	45
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Kiminini gets around 71 mm of rain over 10.8 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 36% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	49	48	47	46	45	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	26	26	25

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	48
3	47
4	46
5	45
6	43
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	33
19	33
20	32
21	32
22	31
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28	27
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 81% 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 (%)	73	74	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	86	86	87
Comfortable (%)	27	26	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13

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

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of December to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:31 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:42 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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45
Sunset (PM)	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:31	6:29
2	12.0	6:32	6:29
3	12.0	6:32	6:29
4	12.0	6:33	6:30
5	12.0	6:33	6:30
6	12.0	6:34	6:31
7	12.0	6:34	6:31
8	12.0	6:34	6:31
9	11.9	6:35	6:32
10	11.9	6:35	6:32
11	11.9	6:36	6:33
12	11.9	6:36	6:33
13	11.9	6:37	6:34
14	11.9	6:37	6:34
15	11.9	6:38	6:34
16	11.9	6:38	6:35
17	11.9	6:38	6:35
18	11.9	6:39	6:36
19	11.9	6:39	6:36
20	11.9	6:40	6:37
21	11.9	6:40	6:37
22	11.9	6:41	6:38
23	11.9	6:41	6:38
24	11.9	6:42	6:39
25	11.9	6:42	6:39
26	11.9	6:43	6:40
27	11.9	6:43	6:40
28	11.9	6:44	6:41
29	11.9	6:44	6:41
30	11.9	6:45	6:41
31	11.9	6:45	6:42

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.49 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
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10	5.5	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
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14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
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17	5.6	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
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27	5.7	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Kiminini?

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

6.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Kiminini for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kiminini in December

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

In December, Kiminini sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

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UV index in Kiminini in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December 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 Kiminini peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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	16	15	12	11	11	12	14	14	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Kiminini in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kiminini 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 Kiminini?

Kiminini sits at 0.9°N, 34.9°E, 1,788 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Kitale, 16 km away.

Topography around Kiminini

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kiminini has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 117 m around an average of 1,754 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 604 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,310 m.

The land around Kiminini is covered by cropland (44%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%), trees (29%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

117 m

cropland 44%

16 km

604 m

cropland 48%

80 km

3,310 m

cropland 35%

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← November Kiminini year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Kitale 16 km · Moi‘s Bridge 22 km · Kimilili 26 km · Webuye 37 km · Kapenguria 44 km · Makutano 45 km · Bungoma 55 km · Eldoret 56 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 Kiminini (0.8928°, 34.9247°, elevation 1,788 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	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	24	13
6	24	13
7	24	13
8	24	13
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25	24	13
26	24	13
27	24	13
28	24	13
29	24	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	55	45
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	48
3	47
4	46
5	45
6	43
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	33
19	33
20	32
21	32
22	31
23	30
24	30
25	29
26	28
27	28
28	27
29	26
30	26
31	25

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

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	13
4	24	13
5	24	13
6	24	13
7	24	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
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30	25	13
31	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	55	45
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	48
3	47
4	46
5	45
6	43
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	33
19	33
20	32
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22	31
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24	30
25	29
26	28
27	28
28	27
29	26
30	26
31	25

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	43	57
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	46	54
7	47	53
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	51	49
11	52	48
12	54	46
13	54	46
14	55	45
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	58	42
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	60	40
23	60	40
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	61	39
28	61	39
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	48
3	47
4	46
5	45
6	43
7	42
8	41
9	40
10	39
11	38
12	37
13	37
14	36
15	35
16	34
17	34
18	33
19	33
20	32
21	32
22	31
23	30
24	30
25	29
26	28
27	28
28	27
29	26
30	26
31	25

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