Moyale weather in October

In October, Moyale sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 106 mm of rain across 14.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 27°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Moyale's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moyale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 106 mm; 14.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:11 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 8th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.5; out of 10

Moyale is town on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya.

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 29°C in the first days to 27°C by the end.

A typical October day in Moyale reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

	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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How October really feels in Moyale

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Moyale weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 20°	14	2.4	11.8	4.8
Feb	33° / 22°	9	1.5	11.9	4.1
Mar	32° / 22°	52	8.1	12	4.3
Apr	28° / 21°	137	21.3	12.1	4.3
May	27° / 20°	71	16.1	12.2	5.6
Jun	27° / 20°	12	3.8	12.2	7.0
Jul	26° / 19°	8	2.6	12.2	7.1
Aug	27° / 19°	8	2.7	12.1	7.1
Sep	29° / 20°	9	2.9	12	6.5
Oct	28° / 20°	106	14.1	11.9	5.5
Nov	28° / 19°	102	18.4	11.8	5.1
Dec	30° / 19°	25	6.3	11.8	5.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 34% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	59	58	57	55	54	53	52	50	50	48	47	46	46	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46
Cloudier (%)	41	42	43	45	46	47	48	50	50	52	53	54	54	55	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	54	54	54	54	54	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	48	52
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Moyale gets around 106 mm of rain over 14.1 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 46% and peaks near 69% 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 (%)	20	21	22	24	26	28	29	31	33	35	36	38	40	42	44	47	49	51	52	54	56	58	59	61	62	64	65	66	67	68	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	22
4	24
5	26
6	28
7	29
8	31
9	33
10	35
11	36
12	38
13	40
14	42
15	44
16	47
17	49
18	51
19	52
20	54
21	56
22	58
23	59
24	61
25	62
26	64
27	65
28	66
29	67
30	68
31	69

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 37% of them.

	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 (%)	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Comfortable (%)	54	53	52	50	48	46	43	41	39	36	34	32	29	27	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	11	9	8	6	5	4	3	3	2	2
Humid (%)	28	29	30	32	33	34	36	37	38	38	39	39	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27
Muggy (%)	6	7	8	10	11	13	15	17	19	21	23	26	28	31	34	36	39	42	45	47	50	53	56	58	61	63	65	67	68	70	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	12	54	28	6
2	11	53	29	7
3	10	52	30	8
4	9	50	32	10
5	8	48	33	11
6	7	46	34	13
7	6	43	36	15
8	5	41	37	17
9	5	39	38	19
10	4	36	38	21
11	4	34	39	23
12	3	32	39	26
13	3	29	40	28
14	2	27	40	31
15	2	24	40	34
16	2	22	40	36
17	1	20	39	39
18	1	18	39	42
19	1	16	38	45
20	1	14	38	47
21	1	12	37	50
22	0	11	36	53
23	0	9	35	56
24	0	8	34	58
25	0	6	33	61
26	0	5	32	63
27	0	4	31	65
28	0	3	30	67
29	0	3	29	68
30	0	2	28	70
31	0	2	27	71

Wind in October

Winds average 10 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Feels	light breeze	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	light breeze
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	12	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	9	calm
25	9	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm
31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October 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 October. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:12 PM to 6:04 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	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	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:14	6:12
2	12.0	6:13	6:11
3	12.0	6:13	6:11
4	12.0	6:13	6:11
5	12.0	6:13	6:10
6	12.0	6:13	6:10
7	11.9	6:12	6:09
8	11.9	6:12	6:09
9	11.9	6:12	6:09
10	11.9	6:12	6:08
11	11.9	6:12	6:08
12	11.9	6:12	6:08
13	11.9	6:12	6:07
14	11.9	6:11	6:07
15	11.9	6:11	6:07
16	11.9	6:11	6:06
17	11.9	6:11	6:06
18	11.9	6:11	6:06
19	11.9	6:11	6:06
20	11.9	6:11	6:05
21	11.9	6:11	6:05
22	11.9	6:11	6:05
23	11.9	6:11	6:05
24	11.9	6:11	6:05
25	11.9	6:11	6:04
26	11.9	6:11	6:04
27	11.9	6:11	6:04
28	11.9	6:11	6:04
29	11.9	6:11	6:04
30	11.9	6:11	6:04
31	11.9	6:11	6:04

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 4.82 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	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Moyale?

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

5.5

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

6.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Moyale for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Moyale in October

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

In October, Moyale sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Moyale in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Moyale peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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)	14	14	15	15	12	11	12	13	13	14	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Moyale?

Moyale sits at 3.5°N, 39.1°E, 1,068 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Takaba, 131 km away.

Topography around Moyale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moyale has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m around an average of 1,068 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 842 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,179 m.

The land around Moyale is covered by shrubs (64%) within 3 km, shrubs (76%) within 16 km, and shrubs (87%) within 80 km.

3 km

288 m

shrubs 64%

16 km

842 m

shrubs 76%

80 km

1,179 m

shrubs 87%

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← September Moyale year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Takaba 131 km · Marsabit 178 km · Yabēlo 185 km · Negēlē 207 km · El Wak 223 km · Wajir 227 km · Lafey 240 km · Ramu 245 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 Moyale (3.5266°, 39.0561°, elevation 1,068 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. 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	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	27	20
24	27	20
25	27	20
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20
29	27	20
30	27	20
31	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	48	52
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	22
4	24
5	26
6	28
7	29
8	31
9	33
10	35
11	36
12	38
13	40
14	42
15	44
16	47
17	49
18	51
19	52
20	54
21	56
22	58
23	59
24	61
25	62
26	64
27	65
28	66
29	67
30	68
31	69

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	12	54	28	6
2	11	53	29	7
3	10	52	30	8
4	9	50	32	10
5	8	48	33	11
6	7	46	34	13
7	6	43	36	15
8	5	41	37	17
9	5	39	38	19
10	4	36	38	21
11	4	34	39	23
12	3	32	39	26
13	3	29	40	28
14	2	27	40	31
15	2	24	40	34
16	2	22	40	36
17	1	20	39	39
18	1	18	39	42
19	1	16	38	45
20	1	14	38	47
21	1	12	37	50
22	0	11	36	53
23	0	9	35	56
24	0	8	34	58
25	0	6	33	61
26	0	5	32	63
27	0	4	31	65
28	0	3	30	67
29	0	3	29	68
30	0	2	28	70
31	0	2	27	71

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	48	52
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	22
4	24
5	26
6	28
7	29
8	31
9	33
10	35
11	36
12	38
13	40
14	42
15	44
16	47
17	49
18	51
19	52
20	54
21	56
22	58
23	59
24	61
25	62
26	64
27	65
28	66
29	67
30	68
31	69

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	12	54	28	6
2	11	53	29	7
3	10	52	30	8
4	9	50	32	10
5	8	48	33	11
6	7	46	34	13
7	6	43	36	15
8	5	41	37	17
9	5	39	38	19
10	4	36	38	21
11	4	34	39	23
12	3	32	39	26
13	3	29	40	28
14	2	27	40	31
15	2	24	40	34
16	2	22	40	36
17	1	20	39	39
18	1	18	39	42
19	1	16	38	45
20	1	14	38	47
21	1	12	37	50
22	0	11	36	53
23	0	9	35	56
24	0	8	34	58
25	0	6	33	61
26	0	5	32	63
27	0	4	31	65
28	0	3	30	67
29	0	3	29	68
30	0	2	28	70
31	0	2	27	71

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	59	41
2	58	42
3	57	43
4	55	45
5	54	46
6	53	47
7	52	48
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	48	52
11	47	53
12	46	54
13	46	54
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	44	56
19	44	56
20	44	56
21	45	55
22	45	55
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	46	54
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	20
2	21
3	22
4	24
5	26
6	28
7	29
8	31
9	33
10	35
11	36
12	38
13	40
14	42
15	44
16	47
17	49
18	51
19	52
20	54
21	56
22	58
23	59
24	61
25	62
26	64
27	65
28	66
29	67
30	68
31	69

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	12	54	28	6
2	11	53	29	7
3	10	52	30	8
4	9	50	32	10
5	8	48	33	11
6	7	46	34	13
7	6	43	36	15
8	5	41	37	17
9	5	39	38	19
10	4	36	38	21
11	4	34	39	23
12	3	32	39	26
13	3	29	40	28
14	2	27	40	31
15	2	24	40	34
16	2	22	40	36
17	1	20	39	39
18	1	18	39	42
19	1	16	38	45
20	1	14	38	47
21	1	12	37	50
22	0	11	36	53
23	0	9	35	56
24	0	8	34	58
25	0	6	33	61
26	0	5	32	63
27	0	4	31	65
28	0	3	30	67
29	0	3	29	68
30	0	2	28	70
31	0	2	27	71