Weather and climate

Samburu National Reserve weather

What it is doing right now, what the next two weeks look like, and what each month of the year means for the game viewing.

Right now in the park

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The next two weeks

Straight from the forecast, updated when you open this page. Useful if you are packing. Not useful for choosing a month, which is what the year below is for.

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The year at a glance

Bars are rainfall, the line is the daytime high. Thirty-year averages. The green band marks the months this park is at its driest, which is when most people want to be here.

Rainfall in millimetres along the bottom. Highest month 91 mm, daytime highs from 18.2 to 32.4 degrees.

Every month, and what it means for the wildlife

The temperature tells you what to pack. The rainfall column decides what you will see.

Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	What that means here
January	30.9°C	18.2°C	26 mm	4	26 and 29 mm
February	32.1°C	19.3°C	29 mm	4	26 and 29 mm
March	31.6°C	20.0°C	68 mm	8	68 mm
April	31.5°C	20.6°C	70 mm	7	70 mm
May	31.8°C	20.6°C	30 mm	2	30 mm
June prime	30.9°C	19.4°C	5 mm	0	5, 3 and 2 mm
July prime	30.2°C	19.0°C	3 mm	0	5, 3 and 2 mm
August prime	30.8°C	18.9°C	2 mm	0	5, 3 and 2 mm
September	32.4°C	19.3°C	1 mm	0	1 mm
October	32.0°C	20.3°C	44 mm	4	44 mm
November	28.9°C	19.3°C	91 mm	11	91 and 60 mm
December	29.3°C	18.4°C	60 mm	6	91 and 60 mm

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at 0.62, 37.68. The wildlife column is ours, from the sources on the best time to visit page. Averages hide bad years: a dry January still happens, and so does a wet July.