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Nairobi vs Savannah

Cwb Subtropical highland (dry winter)Cfa Humid subtropical

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Bottom line

Nairobi and Savannah have nearly identical year-round temperatures; Savannah is the wetter, with 297 mm more rain a year, and Savannah the sunnier.

Year-round temp About the same within 1°C on the year

Wetter Savannah 297 mm more a year

Sunnier Savannah 10 pp less cloud

Colder winters Savannah 7°C colder nights

How the seasons compare

The differences between Nairobi and Savannah, in everyday terms.

Summers

Savannah has much hotter summers

Nairobi: Warm
Savannah: Hot

Winters

Nairobi has much milder winters

Nairobi: Mild
Savannah: Cool

Rain & snow

Savannah is wetter

Nairobi: Moderate rainfall
Savannah: Wet

Sky

Savannah is sunnier

Nairobi: Often cloudy
Savannah: Partly cloudy

Month-by-month charts

Temperature

Nairobi and Savannah run remarkably close all year.

Precipitation

Savannah is the wetter — about 297 mm more across the year.

Clear skies

Savannah has the clearer skies — the higher line.

Exact monthly numbers

Tap a metric to open its full table. Desktop shows all twelve months; on a phone each metric splits into Jan–Jun and Jul–Dec.

Avg high (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	27	29	28	26	25	24	23	24	26	27	25	26
Savannah	16	18	22	26	29	32	34	33	30	26	21	18
Difference	-11	-10	-6	—	+4	+8	+10	+9	+4	-1	-4	-8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	27	29	28	26	25	24
Savannah	16	18	22	26	29	32
Difference	-11	-10	-6	—	+4	+8

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	23	24	26	27	25	26
Savannah	34	33	30	26	21	18
Difference	+10	+9	+4	-1	-4	-8

Avg low (°C) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	13	14	15	15	14	13	11	12	12	14	15	15
Savannah	4	6	9	13	17	22	23	23	21	15	9	6
Difference	-9	-7	-5	-2	+3	+9	+12	+11	+8	+1	-6	-9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	13	14	15	15	14	13
Savannah	4	6	9	13	17	22
Difference	-9	-7	-5	-2	+3	+9

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	11	12	12	14	15	15
Savannah	23	23	21	15	9	6
Difference	+12	+11	+8	+1	-6	-9

Precipitation (mm) Varies through the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	90	68	70	151	136	31	14	15	8	50	219	73
Savannah	83	71	89	86	92	169	146	139	110	94	61	82
Difference	-7	+3	+19	-65	-44	+138	+132	+123	+102	+45	-158	+8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	90	68	70	151	136	31
Savannah	83	71	89	86	92	169
Difference	-7	+3	+19	-65	-44	+138

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	14	15	8	50	219	73
Savannah	146	139	110	94	61	82
Difference	+132	+123	+102	+45	-158	+8

Cloud cover (%) Nairobi runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	51	49	58	71	68	69	68	66	56	63	69	57
Savannah	56	58	53	49	50	55	56	56	51	44	46	55
Difference	+5	+9	-5	-22	-17	-14	-12	-10	-5	-19	-22	-3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	51	49	58	71	68	69
Savannah	56	58	53	49	50	55
Difference	+5	+9	-5	-22	-17	-14

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	68	66	56	63	69	57
Savannah	56	56	51	44	46	55
Difference	-12	-10	-5	-19	-22	-3

Relative humidity (%) Savannah runs higher most of the year

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	64	59	63	73	75	70	64	62	59	62	73	72
Savannah	81	80	77	73	71	74	75	77	78	77	78	81
Difference	+16	+21	+14	+1	-5	+4	+10	+15	+19	+15	+5	+9

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Nairobi	64	59	63	73	75	70
Savannah	81	80	77	73	71	74
Difference	+16	+21	+14	+1	-5	+4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Nairobi	64	62	59	62	73	72
Savannah	75	77	78	77	78	81
Difference	+10	+15	+19	+15	+5	+9

How both climates are changing

Both cities are warming. Each city has its own warming trend; see its trends page for the year-by-year detail. Nairobi trends → · Savannah trends →

Nairobi is projected to shift from Cwb to Aw by the 2071–2099 window (SSP2-4.5).

Methodology & sources

Nairobi

Temperature & precipitation — 1991–2020 normals computed from 20 years of daily observations at Jomo Kenyatta Intl, a weather station, about 12 km from the city centre. The underlying daily records come from NOAA's global station network.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

Savannah

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Savannah Intl AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00003822), about 11 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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