Masai Mara 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 117 mm, daytime highs from 14.2 to 28.8 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
January	27.1°C	14.5°C	60 mm	11
February	28.3°C	15.1°C	62 mm	9
March	28.1°C	15.4°C	108 mm	12
April	26.3°C	15.4°C	113 mm	14
May	26.3°C	15.3°C	39 mm	6
June prime	25.9°C	14.6°C	18 mm	5
July prime	26.1°C	14.2°C	8 mm	2
August prime	26.9°C	14.5°C	17 mm	4
September prime	28.2°C	15.2°C	21 mm	6
October	28.8°C	15.9°C	28 mm	7
November	27.6°C	15.6°C	73 mm	11
December	25.8°C	14.8°C	117 mm	16

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at -1.49, 35.085. 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.