Weather report: the latest forecast for Safari Rally Kenya
9th March 2026The World Rally Championship heads to Africa for its third round of the season, Safari Rally Kenya, and here is the weather forecast.
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The WRC is set to move south, to the African continent, for the next round of the 2026 season, arriving in Kenya for the Safari Rally, a notoriously difficult event for the teams and drivers to master.
However, the weather can play a pivotal role in the difficulty of the rally, as seen last year when the rain lashed down on day three.
The Sleeping Warrior stage had been converted from a rocky stage into a flooded, waterlogged quagmire. It produced moments of endurance as the conditions saw a variety of stage times.
The stage was ultimately won by Toyota’s Takamoto Katsuta, who had taken the stage win by over 15.3 seconds. He cut down Ott Tanak’s lead to 15.9 seconds after the Japanese driver took out 1m and 31.8s from the Estonian.
So, will the weather cause havoc once more this weekend? According to the meteorologists at AccuWeather, here is the weather report.
Thursday – Day 1
The opening day of the event will see sun and some clouds across the day, with temperatures as high as 24°, and lows of 12°. There is a low chance of rain, sitting around 12%.
Friday – Day 2
When the rally heads into the meat of the competition, the crews can expect a variety of weather. It is expected to be sunny in the morning, with the afternoon bringing in a handful of showers.
Temperatures will hold steady with highs of 23° and lows of 13°, but there is a great chance of rain with 57%.
Saturday – Day 3
On the penultimate day of the event, it is expected to be a cloudy affair with conditions set to be ‘mostly cloudy’ with a few showers in the afternoon.
Saturday has the greatest chance of rain, across the four-day event, with it rising to 68% with a 20% of thunderstorms. Temperatures will hold as high as 24° with lows of 13°.
Sunday – Day 4
Sunday will see clearer conditions as the WRC weekend concludes, temperatures are set to be the highest of the event – and the whole week – with highs of 27°, and a low temperature of 8°.
It is forecast to have ‘sunny periods’ across the day, with some cloud cover to be expected. The final day will still hold a chance of featuring some rain, as it sits at a 25% probability.
Read more WRC here:
- Entry List: WRC 2026 Safari Rally Kenya
- Elfyn Evans wins Rally Sweden to lead back-to-back Toyota 1-2-3
- Evans on the cusp of first 2026 victory at Rally Sweden
- Takamoto Katsuta heads Rally Sweden ahead of Evans
- Evans takes Rally Sweden lead as Solberg sinks
- Oliver Solberg takes overnight lead of Rally Sweden
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Hi, I'm Kamron. I created ApexMotorsports.co.uk in the dying embers of the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. It allowed me freedom to write whatever I wanted to write about which was all things motorsports, my passion. I have put a lot of effort in over the years to keep this website in its best shape and I've loved seeing the brand grow consistently, month-on-month, year-on-year. My ambition is to keep watching this brand grow into a primary outlet of news for all things motorsports whilst fueling my desire to pursue a career in sports journalism, specialising in motorsports.
