According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Kenya is January to February, June and September to October. Plan 7–10 days.
Best months for Kenya
- Best months
- January to February, June and September to October
- How long to stay
- 7–10 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Kenya is best for
Famous for Maasai Mara wildlife safaris, Amboseli elephants, Mount Kenya treks, and Diani Beach.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Kenya by month
Monthly averages around Nairobi; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about 20 °C | some rain (39 mm) |
| February best | about 21 °C | some rain (30 mm) |
| March | about 22 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| April | about 20 °C | a lot of rain (114 mm) |
| May | about 19 °C | some rain (69 mm) |
| June best | about 19 °C | little rain (24 mm) |
| July | about 19 °C | little rain (15 mm) |
| August | about 19 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| September best | about 20 °C | little rain (21 mm) |
| October best | about 21 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| November | about 20 °C | some rain (81 mm) |
| December | about 20 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Kenya
- Capital
- Nairobi
- Languages
- Swahili and English
- Currency
- Kenyan Shilling (KES)
- Time
- UTC+3
- Plugs
- Type G · 240 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +254
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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