January
OK
30.4°C / 25.1°C
18 rain days
hot, very wet
Best time to visit Mombasa
Mombasa, Kenya — ranked month by month from data: temperature, rainfall, snow, and peak hazard seasons. Every month has trade-offs — pick what you can tolerate.
Best · January & February
About Mombasa
Mombasa is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean. It was the first capital of British East Africa, before Nairobi was elevated to capital status in 1907. It now serves as the capital of Mombasa County.
— condensed from Wikipedia
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OK — shoulder months
February
OK
30.8°C / 25.2°C
18 rain days
hot, very wet
Months to skip
June
Skip
26.9°C / 23.7°C
27 rain days
warm, very wet
- extremely wet (27 rain days)
September
Skip
27.3°C / 23.2°C
27 rain days
warm, very wet
- extremely wet (27 rain days)
July
Skip
26.3°C / 23°C
29 rain days
warm, very wet
- extremely wet (29 rain days)
August
Skip
26.6°C / 22.9°C
29 rain days
warm, very wet
- extremely wet (29 rain days)
May
Skip
27.6°C / 24.4°C
29 rain days
warm, very wet
- extremely wet (29 rain days)
October
Skip
28.3°C / 23.9°C
28 rain days
hot, very wet
- extremely wet (28 rain days)
December
Skip
30.2°C / 24.9°C
25 rain days
hot, very wet
- very hot (30.2°C)
- extremely wet (25 rain days)
November
Skip
29.1°C / 24.3°C
29 rain days
hot, very wet
- extremely wet (29 rain days)
March
Skip
30.8°C / 25.5°C
25 rain days
hot, very wet
- very hot (30.8°C)
- extremely wet (25 rain days)
April
Skip
29.2°C / 25°C
30 rain days
hot, very wet
- extremely wet (30 rain days)
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.