Annual rainfall over most of the country is surprisingly low and rather variable from year to year however a trend of a double rainy season between March and May and between November and December, with two intervening dry seasons can be distinguished. Temperatures over much of Kenya are subtropical or temperate, because of the reduction of temperature with altitude, and are similar to those in California summer in France or southern Britain rather than those elsewhere in equatorial Africa.
Only the coastal lowlands experience the constant high temperatures and humidity associated with equatorial latitudes. Even here they are less oppressive than one might expect, because of the regular daytime sea breezes and longer hours of sunshine.
It is not surprising that with such a favourable climate - sunny, only moderately wet, and not too hot - and a great variety of scenery, wild life, game parks, and good communications, Kenya has many attractions for the tourist.
The variety of relief and the range of altitude in Kenya produce a considerable number of distinctive local climates and local weather. The country can be divided broadly into four climatic regions – The Coastal Region; The Northern Frontier Districts and the Lower Inland Plateau; The Kenya Highlands; and the higher mountain regions - each of these with certain features of equatorial climates.
Shompole
Situated on the side of the Nguruman escarpment, o...