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Watamu weather

Kilifi County · 27,857 inhabitants · Friday, November 6 · updated 21:14

Air: Good Moderate storm risk · Sun, Mon, Wed

27°

Clear sky

Feels like 38°C

Wind

14 km/h

Gusts

22 km/h

Humidity

83 %

Pressure

1013 hPa

Clouds

13 %

Storm

Rise 05:56 Set 18:10 Day 12 h 14 min UV 6 · Moderate

Watamu 14-day forecast

Trend

Evening

Mainly clear

27°

Feels like 38°

Wind ↑ ESE 17 km/h

Gusts 23 km/h

Humidity 83 %

21:00

27°

ESE 14

00:00

25°

SE 12

Rain radar around Watamu

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Watamu, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

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Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

Air you breathe in Watamu: pollution and pollen

1/6

Good

European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS

PM2.58µg/m³

PM1013µg/m³

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Watamu forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

≈ A week close to the usual temperatures

Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)

Hourly detail

Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Moon over Watamu

Waning crescent

12 % illuminated · 26.3 days

Rise 03:33 Set 15:57

Sat 7/11 6%

Sun 8/11 2%

Mon 9/11 0%

Tue 10/11 1% New moon

Wed 11/11 3%

Thu 12/11 8%

Fri 13/11 15%

Sat 14/11 23%

Sun 15/11 33%

Mon 16/11 43%

Tue 17/11 54% First quarter

Wed 18/11 64%

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Africa/Nairobi); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Sea and tides near Watamu

Tide station used: Watamu

Tide times in Watamu

🌊 Sea surface

28.1 °C

satellite, 6/11

Sea state

Smooth

waves 0.9 m

Period

9 s

Swell

0.6 m

TodayFri 06/11

Low tide 08:22 0.7 m

High tide 14:27 2.9 m

Low tide 20:20 0.8 m

TomorrowSat 07/11

High tide 02:40 3.4 m

Low tide 09:01 0.5 m

High tide 15:06 2.9 m

Low tide 20:55 0.7 m

SunSun 08/11

High tide 03:15 3.5 m

Low tide 09:36 0.4 m

High tide 15:40 3.0 m

Low tide 21:27 0.6 m

MonMon 09/11

High tide 03:46 3.6 m

Low tide 10:08 0.4 m

High tide 16:12 3.0 m

Low tide 21:57 0.6 m

Heights above chart datum. Coefficient: 20 for the weakest tides, 120 for the strongest.

Look up a past day in Watamu

Curious about the weather in Watamu on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Watamu weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Watamu, Kilifi County: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “clear sky”, it is 27 °C (feels like 38 °C) and the wind blows at 14 km/h.

Expected range today: 24 °C to 31 °C and a dry sky; keep an eye on thunderstorms. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms, plus the tide times for Watamu.

Other big cities nearby

Mombasa 89 km 27°

Tanga 216 km 27°

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