Nairobitemperature
It is 71.6°F at Nairobi/Kenyatta Intl, 20:00 local on Tuesday. Nairobi is the 118th hottest of 224 capitals by annual mean, and the 113th hottest of the 197 capitals reporting right now.
39 readings held for the last 24 hours, every one of them checked before it appeared.
Source: METAR reports from the aerodrome
Normal for 6 October here is a high of 81.0°F.
Source: METAR reports from the aerodrome · normals from NOAA GHCN-Daily
11 February 2006. The highest daily maximum in the record for this station.
Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2025
21 August 2008. The lowest daily minimum in the record for this station.
Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2025
Where Nairobi stands
Nairobi by month
Normal high · record high with its day · record low with its day- Jan80.4°FHigh 88.9°F · 30 Jan 2011Low 42.1°F · 14 Jan 1997
- Feb · warmest82.9°FHigh 100.8°F · 11 Feb 2006Low 42.8°F · 2 Feb 1973
- Mar82.6°FHigh 90.7°F · 5 Mar 1987Low 44.6°F · 12 Mar 1975
- Apr78.4°FHigh 89.8°F · 3 Apr 2005Low 47.7°F · 3 Apr 1994
- May76.6°FHigh 90.7°F · 18 May 2003Low 45.3°F · 28 May 1992
- Jun74.5°FHigh 89.6°F · 24 Jun 1978Low 36.1°F · 22 Jun 1987
- Jul
Nearby, hottest and coldest
Within 109 km · 8 stations reportingCapitals with a similar climate
The capitals immediately warmer and cooler than Nairobi by annual mean.
How Nairobi’s temperature has been recorded
How hot does it get in Nairobi?
February is the warmest month at Nairobi/Kenyatta Intl, averaging a daily high of 82.9°F. That is an average of every February day in the archive, not a record: the highest single reading is below.
How cold does it get in Nairobi?
July is the coolest month, averaging a daily high of 73.4°F. The gap between the warmest and coolest month is 41.5°F, which is what the ranking of capitals by annual swing is built on.
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Nairobi?
100.8°F, on 11 February 2006, in the record held for Nairobi/Kenyatta Intl. That is the highest daily maximum in the archive for this station, not a national record and not an official figure: those are set by national meteorological services.
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Nairobi?
32.0°F, on 21 August 2008, in the same archive. Like the high, it is the lowest daily minimum this station has recorded rather than an official national figure.
What is the weather in Nairobi right now?
Sources and checks for this page
Live readings come from METAR reports from the aerodrome at Nairobi/Kenyatta Intl. Monthly means and every record on this page are computed from NOAA GHCN-Daily observations stored per station, per year, per month, and the capital list is GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Nothing here is modelled, interpolated or estimated, and a month the archive never covered is left out rather than filled in. See how this is built.