Mombasa climate

Mombasa Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mombasa, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 34°C on January 1 to 35°C on January 31, and lows from 24°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 28 mm over about 6 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mombasa, in °C, with the record for each date.152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
35°C
Average low
24°C
Precipitation
28 mm
Record high
36°CJan 26, 1988
Record low
17°CJan 10, 1997
Daylight
12 h 21 min to 12 h 17 min
Cloud cover
52%
Humidity
69%
Dew point
21°C
Wind
15.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 134°C24°C35°C 199421°C 199527%
Jan 234°C24°C35°C 199421°C 199626%
Jan 334°C24°C35°C 201221°C 199624%
Jan 434°C24°C35°C 201218°C 199823%
Jan 534°C24°C34°C 202021°C 199522%
Jan 634°C24°C34°C 201321°C 199522%
Jan 734°C24°C35°C 201321°C 199521%
Jan 834°C24°C34°C 198121°C 199520%
Jan 934°C24°C35°C 200220°C 199522%
Jan 1034°C24°C34°C 199417°C 199721%
Jan 1134°C24°C35°C 200921°C 200121%
Jan 1234°C24°C35°C 200022°C 198320%
Jan 1334°C24°C34°C 197721°C 199520%
Jan 1434°C24°C35°C 201421°C 201819%
Jan 1534°C24°C34°C 202421°C 199418%
Jan 1634°C24°C34°C 201321°C 200017%
Jan 1734°C24°C35°C 201321°C 198917%
Jan 1834°C24°C34°C 198821°C 200017%
Jan 1935°C24°C35°C 196020°C 199517%
Jan 2035°C24°C35°C 201321°C 199617%
Jan 2135°C24°C35°C 201319°C 200817%
Jan 2235°C24°C34°C 202418°C 198916%
Jan 2335°C24°C35°C 202521°C 199616%
Jan 2435°C24°C34°C 198822°C 199615%
Jan 2535°C24°C35°C 200421°C 199515%
Jan 2635°C24°C36°C 198821°C 198214%
Jan 2735°C24°C34°C 200021°C 200113%
Jan 2835°C24°C35°C 202520°C 199512%
Jan 2935°C24°C35°C 199420°C 199513%
Jan 3035°C24°C34°C 200020°C 199513%
Jan 3135°C24°C36°C 199421°C 199513%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mombasa, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

January 1
sunrise 6:14 AM, sunset 6:35 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:26 AM, sunset 6:43 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station KE000063820, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.