Best time to visit Mombasa

July is the best month in Mombasa, scoring 75 out of 100, with November the weakest at 38. The 37-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. The good window runs June to August — 3 months within ten points of the best.

February is the warmest month at 36.6 °C and June the coolest at 29.7 °C — a 6.9 °C spread across the year. 297 days a year top 30 °C, more than a third of the calendar, so heat is the baseline here rather than a season.

There is a real wet season here. April, May and November carry the rain — up to 24 wet days in a month — while January to February drop as low as 3. That 21-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Mombasa, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea never drops below 25.7 °C, so swimming is on the table year round. Daylight barely moves: about 12.4 hours whatever the month, which removes one variable from the decision entirely.

The three strongest months are July, August, June. The one to think twice about is November. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight, sea temperature and crowd levels.

Mombasa month by month