July
Best time
27.2°C / 14.5°C
4 rain days
warm, dry
- very low rainfall (only 4 rain days)
- warm evenings without humidity overload
Best time to visit Maasai Mara
Maasai Mara, Kenya — ranked month by month from data: temperature, rainfall, snow, and peak hazard seasons. The standouts: July, August, June.
Best · July & August
About Maasai Mara
Maasai Mara, sometimes also spelt Masai Mara and locally known simply as the Mara, is a large national game reserve in Narok County, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honour of the Maasai people, the ancestral inhabitants of the area, who migrated to the area from the Nile Basin. Their description of the area when looked at from afar: "Mara" means "spotted" in the Maa language because of the short bushy trees which dot the landscape.
— condensed from Wikipedia
Best months to visit
August
Best time
28.1°C / 15°C
5 rain days
hot
- very low rainfall (only 5 rain days)
- warm evenings without humidity overload
June
Best time
26.8°C / 14.8°C
8 rain days
warm
- comfortable temperatures (avg high 26.8°C / 80°F)
- manageable rain (8 days)
- warm evenings without humidity overload
May
Best time
27.2°C / 15.1°C
10 rain days
warm, rainy
- manageable rain (10 days)
- warm evenings without humidity overload
September
Best time
28.8°C / 15.3°C
7 rain days
hot
- manageable rain (7 days)
- warm evenings without humidity overload
January
Best time
28.2°C / 15.1°C
11 rain days
hot, rainy
- warm evenings without humidity overload
February
Best time
29.6°C / 15.8°C
8 rain days
hot
- manageable rain (8 days)
- warm evenings without humidity overload
October
Best time
29.8°C / 15.9°C
9 rain days
hot
- manageable rain (9 days)
- warm evenings without humidity overload
December
Best time
27.8°C / 15°C
14 rain days
warm, rainy
- warm evenings without humidity overload
March
Best time
29.2°C / 15.9°C
11 rain days
hot, rainy
- warm evenings without humidity overload
November
Best time
28.2°C / 15.5°C
14 rain days
hot, rainy
- warm evenings without humidity overload
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OK — shoulder months
April
OK
27.5°C / 15.5°C
16 rain days
warm, very wet
- warm evenings without humidity overload
How we ranked these
Each month is scored on temperature comfort (18–27°C avg high is the sweet spot), rainfall (more rain days = lower score), snow days, and peak hazard seasons (hurricanes, monsoons, etc.). Green-tier months are within ideal range with no major issues. Yellow are workable but with trade-offs. Red has at least one significant problem — extreme heat or cold, heavy rain, or peak storm season.