Weather At Kilimanjaro
Kilimanjaro is big enough to have its own weather pattern.
What is the Weather on Kilimanjaro?
Kilimanjaro’s weather can be best understood by studying the dominant trade and anti-trade winds that pass through the region. Because winds carry moisture from the ocean. When they hit large objects, like mountains, they rise, cool and condense, forming clouds and precipitation.
There are two main winds that drive weather patterns on Mount Kilimanjaro the South-east trade winds and North-east anti-trade winds. The Mount Kilimanjaro Weather affects your climb and your success chances. When to climb Kilimanjaro is an important decision.
Bad weather on Kilimanjaro not only makes for a miserable trek and ruins your photos, most importantly it simply makes the climb twice as hard! Mount Kilimanjaro is near the equator. In the tropics, there is no such thing as summer and winter. There are only dry and rainy periods. Or "dry seasons" and "wet seasons".
Climbing Kilimanjaro during the wet season means you have to slog through very deep mud during the first days. At higher altitude, you have fog and drizzle, and slowly but surely the moisture will creep into your clothes, your gear, your bones.
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