Makutano weather in July

In July, Makutano sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 243 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Makutano's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Makutano's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 243 mm; 24.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:43 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Makutano is place in West Pokot County, Kenya.

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

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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 Makutano 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 1°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	22	22	22	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
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10	22	13
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17	22	13
18	22	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

Makutano weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 14°	39	6	11.9	7.4
Feb	27° / 14°	33	4.2	12	7.4
Mar	26° / 15°	76	10.1	12	6.6
Apr	25° / 15°	224	20.4	12	5.1
May	23° / 15°	277	24.1	12.1	4.7
Jun	22° / 14°	223	22.6	12.1	4.7
Jul	22° / 13°	243	24.9	12.1	4.3
Aug	22° / 13°	284	25.5	12	4.3
Sep	23° / 14°	218	21.5	12	5.0
Oct	23° / 14°	255	25.6	12	4.5
Nov	24° / 15°	184	20.1	11.9	5.2
Dec	25° / 14°	61	9.7	11.9	7.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

	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 (%)	30	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25
Cloudier (%)	70	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	29	71
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Makutano gets around 243 mm of rain over 24.9 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 81% and peaks near 86% 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 (%)	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86

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

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 51% 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 (%)	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	56	55	53	52	51	49	48	46	45	44	43	43	42	42	43	43	44	45
Comfortable (%)	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	45	47	48	49	51	52	54	55	56	57	57	58	58	57	57	56	55

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

Wind in July

Winds average 4 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 3 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	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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	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
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20	4	calm
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26	3	calm
27	3	calm
28	3	calm
29	3	calm
30	3	calm
31	3	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:45 PM to 6:47 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	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	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44
Sunset (PM)	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:41	6:45
2	12.1	6:41	6:45
3	12.1	6:41	6:45
4	12.1	6:41	6:46
5	12.1	6:42	6:46
6	12.1	6:42	6:46
7	12.1	6:42	6:46
8	12.1	6:42	6:46
9	12.1	6:42	6:46
10	12.1	6:42	6:47
11	12.1	6:43	6:47
12	12.1	6:43	6:47
13	12.1	6:43	6:47
14	12.1	6:43	6:47
15	12.1	6:43	6:47
16	12.1	6:43	6:47
17	12.1	6:43	6:47
18	12.1	6:43	6:47
19	12.1	6:44	6:47
20	12.1	6:44	6:47
21	12.1	6:44	6:48
22	12.1	6:44	6:48
23	12.1	6:44	6:48
24	12.1	6:44	6:48
25	12.1	6:44	6:48
26	12.1	6:44	6:48
27	12.1	6:44	6:48
28	12.1	6:44	6:48
29	12.1	6:44	6:48
30	12.1	6:44	6:47
31	12.1	6:44	6:47

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.69 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 4.69 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
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	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
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24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Makutano?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

2.8

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Makutano for sightseeing.

What to pack for Makutano in July

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

In July, Makutano sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 13°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Makutano 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 Makutano peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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	15	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	17	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Makutano 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 Makutano is worst in July — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (March, 15 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)	17	17	15	17	21	28	30	25	22	17	16	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	30	Moderate
Aug	25	Moderate
Sep	22	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Makutano?

Makutano sits at 1.3°N, 35.1°E, 2,081 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Kapenguria, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Makutano

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Makutano has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m around an average of 2,055 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,257 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,525 m.

The land around Makutano is covered by shrubs (28%), trees (24%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%), cropland (24%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%), trees (23%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

290 m

shrubs 28%

16 km

1,257 m

shrubs 40%

80 km

3,525 m

shrubs 39%

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

July weather nearby: Kapenguria 3.0 km · Kitale 29 km · Moi‘s Bridge 43 km · Kiminini 45 km · Kimilili 67 km · Kapchorwa 73 km · Iten 80 km · Webuye 82 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 Makutano (1.2588°, 35.0957°, elevation 2,081 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	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	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	30	70
2	29	71
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

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

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

	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	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	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	30	70
2	29	71
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

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

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

	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	22	13
17	22	13
18	22	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	30	70
2	29	71
3	30	70
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	29	71
13	29	71
14	29	71
15	29	71
16	28	72
17	27	73
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

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

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