Voi weather in October

In October, Voi sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 36 mm of rain across 8.4 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in October, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Voi's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Voi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 36 mm; 8.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:09 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.7; out of 10

Voi is town in Kenya.

Founded: 1932

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical October day in Voi reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than 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	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How October really feels in Voi

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.

Voi weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	46	7.9	12.2	5.4
Feb	31° / 21°	40	5.5	12.1	4.9
Mar	31° / 21°	70	12.8	12	4.3
Apr	29° / 21°	79	18	11.9	4.3
May	28° / 20°	53	10.9	11.8	6.1
Jun	27° / 18°	8	2.4	11.8	7.3
Jul	27° / 17°	5	1.5	11.8	7.6
Aug	27° / 17°	8	2.4	11.9	7.5
Sep	28° / 18°	10	2.9	12	7.2
Oct	29° / 19°	36	8.4	12.1	5.7
Nov	29° / 20°	77	17.5	12.2	4.5
Dec	29° / 21°	91	17.9	12.2	4.6

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 35% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 40%.

	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 (%)	64	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	61	60	61	61	60	60	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	59	58	58	58	56	56	55	55	54	54
Cloudier (%)	36	37	37	38	38	38	39	39	39	40	39	39	40	40	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	41	42	42	42	44	44	45	45	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	54	46
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Voi gets around 36 mm of rain over 8.4 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 28% and peaks near 43% 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 (%)	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	37	38	39	41	42	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	17
3	18
4	19
5	19
6	20
7	21
8	21
9	22
10	23
11	23
12	24
13	25
14	25
15	26
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18	28
19	29
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	33
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25	35
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	41
30	42
31	43

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the humid band about 57% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 31% 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
Comfortable (%)	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4
Humid (%)	67	67	67	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	64	64	62	61	61	59	58	57	55	54	53	51	49	48	46	44	42	41	39	37
Muggy (%)	13	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	26	27	28	30	32	33	35	37	39	41	43	45	47	49	51	53	55	58
Oppressive (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	67	13	0
2	19	67	14	0
3	18	67	15	0
4	17	68	15	0
5	16	68	16	0
6	16	67	17	0
7	15	67	18	0
8	14	67	19	0
9	14	66	20	0
10	13	66	21	0
11	13	65	22	0
12	13	64	23	0
13	12	64	24	0
14	12	62	26	0
15	12	61	27	0
16	11	61	28	0
17	11	59	30	0
18	10	58	32	0
19	10	57	33	0
20	10	55	35	0
21	9	54	37	0
22	8	53	39	0
23	8	51	41	0
24	7	49	43	1
25	7	48	45	1
26	6	46	47	1
27	6	44	49	1
28	6	42	51	1
29	5	41	53	1
30	5	39	55	1
31	4	37	58	1

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 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
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22	10	calm
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31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:13 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	12.1	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)	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06
Sunset (PM)	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:14	6:16
2	12.0	6:13	6:15
3	12.0	6:13	6:15
4	12.0	6:13	6:15
5	12.0	6:12	6:15
6	12.0	6:12	6:15
7	12.0	6:11	6:14
8	12.1	6:11	6:14
9	12.1	6:11	6:14
10	12.1	6:10	6:14
11	12.1	6:10	6:14
12	12.1	6:10	6:14
13	12.1	6:09	6:13
14	12.1	6:09	6:13
15	12.1	6:09	6:13
16	12.1	6:09	6:13
17	12.1	6:08	6:13
18	12.1	6:08	6:13
19	12.1	6:08	6:13
20	12.1	6:08	6:13
21	12.1	6:07	6:13
22	12.1	6:07	6:13
23	12.1	6:07	6:13
24	12.1	6:07	6:13
25	12.1	6:07	6:13
26	12.1	6:06	6:13
27	12.1	6:06	6:13
28	12.1	6:06	6:13
29	12.1	6:06	6:13
30	12.1	6:06	6:13
31	12.1	6:06	6:13

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.61 kWh/m² to a high of 6.63 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.85 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
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10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
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16	5.9	Bright
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28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Voi?

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

5.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Voi in October

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

In October, Voi sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Voi 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 Voi peaks around March 18 at about 15 (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	11	13	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	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	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Voi?

Voi sits at 3.4°S, 38.6°E, 580 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Taveta, 97 km away.

Topography around Voi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Voi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 375 m around an average of 603 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,294 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,019 m.

The land around Voi is covered by shrubs (51%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (41%) and shrubs (40%) within 16 km, and shrubs (56%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km

375 m

shrubs 51%

16 km

1,294 m

grassland 41%

80 km

2,019 m

shrubs 56%

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

October weather nearby: Taveta 97 km · Usangi 104 km · Lembeni 113 km · Mariakani 114 km · Same 118 km · Tarakea 119 km · Mazeras 127 km · Jomvu 134 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 Voi (-3.396°, 38.5561°, elevation 580 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	19
2	29	19
3	29	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	19
9	29	19
10	29	19
11	29	19
12	29	19
13	29	19
14	29	19
15	29	19
16	29	19
17	29	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	19
21	29	19
22	29	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	17
3	18
4	19
5	19
6	20
7	21
8	21
9	22
10	23
11	23
12	24
13	25
14	25
15	26
16	27
17	27
18	28
19	29
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	34
25	35
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	41
30	42
31	43

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	67	13	0
2	19	67	14	0
3	18	67	15	0
4	17	68	15	0
5	16	68	16	0
6	16	67	17	0
7	15	67	18	0
8	14	67	19	0
9	14	66	20	0
10	13	66	21	0
11	13	65	22	0
12	13	64	23	0
13	12	64	24	0
14	12	62	26	0
15	12	61	27	0
16	11	61	28	0
17	11	59	30	0
18	10	58	32	0
19	10	57	33	0
20	10	55	35	0
21	9	54	37	0
22	8	53	39	0
23	8	51	41	0
24	7	49	43	1
25	7	48	45	1
26	6	46	47	1
27	6	44	49	1
28	6	42	51	1
29	5	41	53	1
30	5	39	55	1
31	4	37	58	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	17
3	18
4	19
5	19
6	20
7	21
8	21
9	22
10	23
11	23
12	24
13	25
14	25
15	26
16	27
17	27
18	28
19	29
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	34
25	35
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	41
30	42
31	43

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	67	13	0
2	19	67	14	0
3	18	67	15	0
4	17	68	15	0
5	16	68	16	0
6	16	67	17	0
7	15	67	18	0
8	14	67	19	0
9	14	66	20	0
10	13	66	21	0
11	13	65	22	0
12	13	64	23	0
13	12	64	24	0
14	12	62	26	0
15	12	61	27	0
16	11	61	28	0
17	11	59	30	0
18	10	58	32	0
19	10	57	33	0
20	10	55	35	0
21	9	54	37	0
22	8	53	39	0
23	8	51	41	0
24	7	49	43	1
25	7	48	45	1
26	6	46	47	1
27	6	44	49	1
28	6	42	51	1
29	5	41	53	1
30	5	39	55	1
31	4	37	58	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	63	37
3	63	37
4	62	38
5	62	38
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	61	39
9	61	39
10	60	40
11	61	39
12	61	39
13	60	40
14	60	40
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	60	40
19	60	40
20	60	40
21	60	40
22	59	41
23	58	42
24	58	42
25	58	42
26	56	44
27	56	44
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	17
3	18
4	19
5	19
6	20
7	21
8	21
9	22
10	23
11	23
12	24
13	25
14	25
15	26
16	27
17	27
18	28
19	29
20	30
21	31
22	32
23	33
24	34
25	35
26	37
27	38
28	39
29	41
30	42
31	43

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	67	13	0
2	19	67	14	0
3	18	67	15	0
4	17	68	15	0
5	16	68	16	0
6	16	67	17	0
7	15	67	18	0
8	14	67	19	0
9	14	66	20	0
10	13	66	21	0
11	13	65	22	0
12	13	64	23	0
13	12	64	24	0
14	12	62	26	0
15	12	61	27	0
16	11	61	28	0
17	11	59	30	0
18	10	58	32	0
19	10	57	33	0
20	10	55	35	0
21	9	54	37	0
22	8	53	39	0
23	8	51	41	0
24	7	49	43	1
25	7	48	45	1
26	6	46	47	1
27	6	44	49	1
28	6	42	51	1
29	5	41	53	1
30	5	39	55	1
31	4	37	58	1