Machakos weather in August

In August, Machakos sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 9 mm of rain across 1.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Machakos's 11th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Machakos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 9 mm; 1.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:37 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 11th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.48 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Machakos is municipality in Machakos County, Kenya.

Founded: 1887

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 23°C through the month.

A typical August day in Machakos reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Machakos weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-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	26° / 16°	50	10	12.1	6.9
Feb	27° / 16°	41	7.9	12	6.8
Mar	27° / 17°	90	15.3	12	5.9
Apr	25° / 17°	151	22.5	12	4.8
May	24° / 16°	72	15	11.9	6.2
Jun	23° / 15°	18	4.7	11.9	7.2
Jul	23° / 14°	6	1.6	11.9	7.5
Aug	23° / 14°	9	1.7	12	7.6
Sep	25° / 15°	7	1.5	12	8.0
Oct	26° / 16°	41	8.5	12	6.9
Nov	24° / 16°	155	22.8	12.1	4.9
Dec	24° / 16°	92	18.6	12.1	5.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%. 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 (%)	14	14	14	14	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	16	17	18	19	20	21	23	23	24	25	25	25	27	27	27	27
Cloudier (%)	86	86	86	86	88	88	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	84	83	82	81	80	79	77	77	76	75	75	75	73	73	73	73

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Machakos gets around 9 mm of rain over 1.7 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 6% and peaks near 7% 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 (%)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

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

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 80% 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 (%)	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81
Comfortable (%)	22	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:30 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)	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	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)	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30

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

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.48 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)	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9
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	4.2	Bright
2	4.2	Bright
3	4.2	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.4	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.5	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Machakos?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Machakos for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Machakos in August

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

In August, Machakos sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Machakos 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 Machakos peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (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	15	16	15	12	10	11	12	14	14	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Machakos 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 Machakos is worst in December — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (October, 13 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	28	24	23	25	23	25	22	17	13	13	22	29
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	25	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	25	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Machakos?

Machakos sits at 1.5°S, 37.3°E, 1,619 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Kinoi, 19 km away.

Topography around Machakos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Machakos has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 517 m around an average of 1,664 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 905 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,607 m.

The land around Machakos is covered by shrubs (32%) within 3 km, shrubs (39%), grassland (27%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (40%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

517 m

shrubs 32%

16 km

905 m

shrubs 39%

80 km

1,607 m

shrubs 40%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

August weather nearby: Kinoi 19 km · Mwala 28 km · Athi River 33 km · Kitengela 34 km · Mlolongo 39 km · Githunguri 39 km · Imara Daima Estate 48 km · Wote 50 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 Machakos (-1.5223°, 37.2652°, elevation 1,619 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	23	14
2	23	14
3	23	14
4	23	14
5	23	14
6	23	14
7	23	14
8	23	14
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	23	14
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	23	14
21	23	14
22	23	14
23	23	14
24	23	14
25	23	14
26	23	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14
31	24	14

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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