Climate Risk score
Climate exposure, hazard frequency, and adaptation context for floods, heat, storms, and wildfires.
Climate Risk in Nairobi68/100
Climate Risk
Climate Risk in Nairobi
Nairobi faces meaningful climate exposure from rainfall variability, drought cycles, and rising heat, balanced by active adaptation work. Climate Risk in Nairobi scores 68/100, placing it in the developing group of the indexed set.
- Last updated
- 2026-05-05
- Data year
- 2025
- Module score
- 68/100
Primary hazard
Rainfall and drought
Rainfall variability and drought cycles are the main hazards.
Flood exposure
Moderate
Surface flooding pressure rises in the rainy season.
Adaptation capacity
Improving
Climate plans and water programs build resilience.
Nairobi climate risk data table
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| Metric | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Primary hazard | Rainfall and drought | Concurrent hazards shape adaptation work. |
| Flood exposure | Moderate | Drainage programs are central. |
| Adaptation capacity | Improving | Implementation timelines extend into the medium term. |
Climate Risk city comparison
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| City | Score | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Nairobi (this page) | 68/100 | Nairobi faces meaningful climate exposure from rainfall variability, drought cycles, and rising heat, balanced by active adaptation work. |
| Zurich | 80/100 | Zurich's climate-risk profile is comparatively low, shaped mainly by heat waves and Alpine-runoff variability. |
| Copenhagen | 78/100 | Copenhagen carries moderate climate risk centered on coastal flooding and heavy-rain stormwater pressure, with strong adaptation planning. |
| Vienna | 78/100 | Vienna faces moderate climate exposure focused on heat waves and Danube flood scenarios, balanced by active adaptation programs. |
| Amsterdam | 76/100 | Amsterdam's climate-risk profile is shaped by sea-level pressure and rainfall intensity, balanced by world-class water management. |
| Berlin | 75/100 | Berlin faces moderate climate exposure focused on heat waves, surface-water flooding, and drought-pressure on green infrastructure. |
| London | 72/100 | London faces moderate climate exposure shaped by heat waves, Thames flood scenarios, and urban surface-water flooding. |
| Paris | 70/100 | Paris carries moderate climate risk centered on heat waves and Seine flood pressure, with active adaptation programs. |
| Toronto | 70/100 | Toronto faces rising heat, severe-storm, and wildfire-smoke pressure, balanced by solid adaptation programs. |
| Seoul | 70/100 | Seoul faces meaningful climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and storm pressure, balanced by strong adaptation capacity. |
| Auckland | 70/100 | Auckland faces moderate climate exposure from storms, intense rainfall, and rising sea-level pressure, balanced by active adaptation programs. |
| Barcelona | 68/100 | Barcelona faces rising heat and water-stress pressure, balanced by active adaptation programs and regional planning depth. |
| São Paulo | 66/100 | São Paulo faces meaningful climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and water-cycle variability, balanced by active adaptation work. |
| Cape Town | 66/100 | Cape Town faces meaningful climate exposure from drought, heat, and wildfire pressure, balanced by active adaptation programs. |
| Singapore | 65/100 | Singapore faces meaningful climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and long-run sea-level pressure, balanced by very strong adaptation capacity. |
| Sydney | 65/100 | Sydney faces meaningful climate exposure from heat, bushfire-smoke, and storm pressure, with improving adaptation programs. |
| San Francisco | 65/100 | San Francisco faces concurrent climate exposure from wildfire-smoke, heat, sea-level pressure, and seismic risk, balanced by strong adaptation work. |
| Tokyo | 64/100 | Tokyo faces meaningful climate exposure across heat, storm, and seismic-coupled flood pressure, balanced by strong adaptation capacity. |
| Hong Kong | 64/100 | Hong Kong faces meaningful climate exposure from typhoons, heat, and coastal pressure, balanced by strong engineering capacity. |
| Mexico City | 62/100 | Mexico City faces meaningful climate exposure centered on water scarcity, subsidence, and rising heat, balanced by long-running adaptation programs. |
| New York | 60/100 | New York faces meaningful coastal flood, heat, and storm exposure. Adaptation investment is significant but not yet at parity with the hazard. |
| Dubai | 60/100 | Dubai faces meaningful climate exposure from sustained heat and water-resource constraints, balanced by active adaptation and infrastructure investment. |
| Bangkok | 56/100 | Bangkok faces meaningful climate exposure from heat, intense rainfall, and long-run flood and subsidence pressure, balanced by active adaptation work. |
Interpretation
Climate-risk scoring weighs hazard exposure with adaptation capacity. Nairobi's hazards are concurrent; programs are scaling up. Across the indexed cities the climate risk average is 68/100, so Nairobi is close to the median for this dimension. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-05. Drawn from 3 institutional references.
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Sources
3 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Mock values are typed and ready to be replaced by API-backed city datasets without changing route structure.
- IPCC: AR6 WGII Chapter 6: Cities, settlements and key infrastructure
Used to explain urban climate vulnerability and adaptation scoring logic.
- NASA: NASA POWER
Used as an energy-resource and weather-normalization reference.
- UN-Habitat: World Cities Report 2024
Used as a policy and methodology reference for urban exposure and resilience signals.
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