Ol Kalou weather in August

In August, Ol Kalou sees average daytime highs of 18°C and overnight lows near 9°C, with 190 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 18°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ol Kalou's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ol Kalou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 18°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 9°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 190 mm; 22.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:39 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover: 75%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Ol Kalou is town in Kenya.

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 18°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ol Kalou reaches about 18°C in the afternoon and slips back to 9°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

Ol Kalou weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-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	20° / 9°	66	8.4	12	6.6
Feb	22° / 8°	52	5.7	12	7.1
Mar	22° / 9°	112	11.8	12	6.4
Apr	20° / 10°	235	20.6	12	4.6
May	19° / 11°	181	18.4	12	4.9
Jun	18° / 10°	139	17.5	12	4.8
Jul	17° / 9°	164	22.1	12	4.0
Aug	18° / 9°	190	22.8	12	3.9
Sep	19° / 8°	138	16.8	12	5.1
Oct	19° / 9°	206	20	12	4.6
Nov	19° / 10°	211	23.4	12	4.1
Dec	19° / 9°	95	13.4	12	5.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	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 (%)	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	24	24	25	26	26	27	27	27	28	28	30
Cloudier (%)	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	83	83	83	82	81	81	80	79	79	78	77	77	76	76	76	75	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ol Kalou gets around 190 mm of rain over 22.8 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 74% and peaks near 78% 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 (%)	78	78	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	74
16	74
17	74
18	74
19	73
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	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	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
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7	7	calm
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10	7	calm
11	7	calm
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28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours 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 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:34 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	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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34

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

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.2 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	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Ol Kalou?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ol Kalou.

What to pack for Ol Kalou in August

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

In August, Ol Kalou sees daytime highs around 18°C and nights near 9°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Ol Kalou in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ol Kalou peaks around March 16 at about 17 (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)	16	16	17	16	13	11	12	13	14	15	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Ol Kalou 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 Ol Kalou is worst in June — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), 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)	27	31	28	27	28	34	34	28	25	24	27	28
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	27	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	28	Moderate
Apr	27	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	34	Moderate
Aug	28	Moderate
Sep	25	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	27	Moderate
Dec	28	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Ol Kalou?

Ol Kalou sits at 0.3°S, 36.4°E, 2,348 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Upper Gilgil, 14 km away.

Topography around Ol Kalou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ol Kalou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 197 m around an average of 2,380 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 803 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,992 m.

The land around Ol Kalou is covered by cropland (51%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (40%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (33%), trees (24%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

197 m

cropland 51%

16 km

803 m

cropland 40%

80 km

2,992 m

grassland 33%

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

August weather nearby: Upper Gilgil 14 km · Gilgil 27 km · Mairo Inya 33 km · Nakuru 34 km · Nyahururu 34 km · Njoro 49 km · Naivasha 50 km · Rongai 58 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 Ol Kalou (-0.2709°, 36.3792°, elevation 2,348 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	17	9
2	17	9
3	17	9
4	17	9
5	17	9
6	17	9
7	17	9
8	17	9
9	17	9
10	17	9
11	17	9
12	17	9
13	18	9
14	18	9
15	18	9
16	18	9
17	18	9
18	18	9
19	18	9
20	18	9
21	18	9
22	18	9
23	18	9
24	18	9
25	18	9
26	18	9
27	18	9
28	18	9
29	18	9
30	18	9
31	18	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	74
16	74
17	74
18	74
19	73
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	74
16	74
17	74
18	74
19	73
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	13	87
2	13	87
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	20	80
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	25	75
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	27	73
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	76
6	76
7	76
8	75
9	75
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	74
16	74
17	74
18	74
19	73
20	73
21	73
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	73
26	73
27	73
28	73
29	73
30	72
31	72

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100