Maralal weather in July

In July, Maralal sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 125 mm of rain across 14.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 14% 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 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Maralal's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maralal's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 125 mm; 14.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:37 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.0; out of 10

Maralal is town in Samburu 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 23°C through the month.

A typical July day in Maralal 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 24°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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
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
9	23	14
10	23	14
11	23	14
12	23	14
13	23	14
14	23	14
15	23	14
16	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	22	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

Maralal weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 13°	30	6.3	11.9	7.7
Feb	26° / 14°	23	4.3	12	7.7
Mar	26° / 15°	52	9.2	12	7.0
Apr	25° / 15°	90	14.6	12	6.1
May	25° / 15°	75	9.9	12	7.0
Jun	24° / 14°	86	10.6	12.1	6.8
Jul	23° / 14°	125	14.2	12.1	6.0
Aug	23° / 14°	108	13.1	12	6.3
Sep	24° / 14°	46	5	12	7.9
Oct	24° / 14°	47	9.4	12	7.1
Nov	23° / 14°	83	17.7	12	5.6
Dec	24° / 13°	48	10.5	11.9	7.0

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in July, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	40	41	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	36	35	34	33	33	31	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30
Cloudier (%)	60	59	60	61	61	61	62	62	63	64	65	64	65	66	67	67	69	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Maralal gets around 125 mm of rain over 14.2 wet days in July, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 45% and peaks near 53% 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 (%)	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	39	40	41	42	43	45	46	47	49	50	51	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	45
17	46
18	47
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	52
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	53
28	53
29	52
30	52
31	51

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 54% 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 (%)	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	54	53	52	51	51	50	50	49	49	49	49	50	50	51	51
Comfortable (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44	44
Humid (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	40	3
2	57	40	3
3	57	40	3
4	58	40	2
5	58	40	2
6	58	40	2
7	58	40	2
8	58	40	2
9	58	40	2
10	58	40	2
11	58	40	2
12	57	41	2
13	57	41	2
14	56	42	2
15	56	42	2
16	55	43	2
17	54	43	3
18	53	44	3
19	52	44	4
20	51	45	4
21	51	45	4
22	50	45	5
23	50	45	5
24	49	45	5
25	49	45	6
26	49	45	6
27	49	45	6
28	50	45	6
29	50	44	6
30	51	44	5
31	51	44	5

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July, the calmest month.

Across July, 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)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
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4	5	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:38 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:41 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	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:35	6:38
2	12.1	6:35	6:39
3	12.1	6:35	6:39
4	12.1	6:35	6:39
5	12.1	6:35	6:39
6	12.1	6:36	6:39
7	12.1	6:36	6:39
8	12.1	6:36	6:40
9	12.1	6:36	6:40
10	12.1	6:36	6:40
11	12.1	6:36	6:40
12	12.1	6:37	6:40
13	12.1	6:37	6:40
14	12.1	6:37	6:40
15	12.1	6:37	6:40
16	12.1	6:37	6:41
17	12.1	6:37	6:41
18	12.1	6:37	6:41
19	12.1	6:37	6:41
20	12.1	6:37	6:41
21	12.1	6:38	6:41
22	12.1	6:38	6:41
23	12.1	6:38	6:41
24	12.1	6:38	6:41
25	12.1	6:38	6:41
26	12.1	6:38	6:41
27	12.1	6:38	6:41
28	12.1	6:38	6:41
29	12.1	6:38	6:41
30	12.0	6:38	6:41
31	12.0	6:38	6:41

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.94 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 4.94 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)	5.1	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	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Maralal?

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

6.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Maralal for sightseeing.

What to pack for Maralal in July

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

In July, Maralal sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Maralal 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 Maralal peaks around March 16 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	15	16	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	15	Extreme
Mar	16	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 Maralal 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 Maralal is worst in July — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (October, 11 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)	12	14	12	13	15	20	22	17	14	11	12	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	12	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	22	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	11	Good
Nov	12	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Maralal?

Maralal sits at 1.1°N, 36.7°E, 1,941 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Mairo Inya, 123 km away.

Topography around Maralal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maralal has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m around an average of 1,984 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,168 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,335 m.

The land around Maralal is covered by grassland (45%) and shrubs (35%) within 3 km, grassland (40%), shrubs (35%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (51%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km

280 m

grassland 45%

16 km

1,168 m

grassland 40%

80 km

2,335 m

shrubs 51%

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

July weather nearby: Mairo Inya 123 km · Nyahururu 123 km · Kabarnet 126 km · Nanyuki 128 km · Isiolo 128 km · Iten 141 km · Upper Gilgil 153 km · Ol Kalou 156 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 Maralal (1.0967°, 36.6981°, elevation 1,941 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	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	22	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	45
17	46
18	47
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	52
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	53
28	53
29	52
30	52
31	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	40	3
2	57	40	3
3	57	40	3
4	58	40	2
5	58	40	2
6	58	40	2
7	58	40	2
8	58	40	2
9	58	40	2
10	58	40	2
11	58	40	2
12	57	41	2
13	57	41	2
14	56	42	2
15	56	42	2
16	55	43	2
17	54	43	3
18	53	44	3
19	52	44	4
20	51	45	4
21	51	45	4
22	50	45	5
23	50	45	5
24	49	45	5
25	49	45	6
26	49	45	6
27	49	45	6
28	50	45	6
29	50	44	6
30	51	44	5
31	51	44	5

	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	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	22	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	45
17	46
18	47
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	52
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	53
28	53
29	52
30	52
31	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	40	3
2	57	40	3
3	57	40	3
4	58	40	2
5	58	40	2
6	58	40	2
7	58	40	2
8	58	40	2
9	58	40	2
10	58	40	2
11	58	40	2
12	57	41	2
13	57	41	2
14	56	42	2
15	56	42	2
16	55	43	2
17	54	43	3
18	53	44	3
19	52	44	4
20	51	45	4
21	51	45	4
22	50	45	5
23	50	45	5
24	49	45	5
25	49	45	6
26	49	45	6
27	49	45	6
28	50	45	6
29	50	44	6
30	51	44	5
31	51	44	5

	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	22	14
17	22	14
18	22	14
19	22	14
20	22	14
21	22	14
22	22	14
23	22	14
24	22	14
25	22	14
26	22	14
27	22	14
28	22	14
29	22	14
30	22	14
31	22	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	36	64
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	35	65
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	33	67
17	31	69
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	29	71
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	28	72
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	36
3	36
4	37
5	37
6	37
7	37
8	38
9	38
10	38
11	39
12	40
13	41
14	42
15	43
16	45
17	46
18	47
19	49
20	50
21	51
22	52
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	53
27	53
28	53
29	52
30	52
31	51

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	57	40	3
2	57	40	3
3	57	40	3
4	58	40	2
5	58	40	2
6	58	40	2
7	58	40	2
8	58	40	2
9	58	40	2
10	58	40	2
11	58	40	2
12	57	41	2
13	57	41	2
14	56	42	2
15	56	42	2
16	55	43	2
17	54	43	3
18	53	44	3
19	52	44	4
20	51	45	4
21	51	45	4
22	50	45	5
23	50	45	5
24	49	45	5
25	49	45	6
26	49	45	6
27	49	45	6
28	50	45	6
29	50	44	6
30	51	44	5
31	51	44	5