Climate averages 1991–2020
Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (39 km away). In August its highs average 22.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya ranks 20th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 27 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 17 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 63 | 12.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 201 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.8°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 135 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| June | 22.8°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 32 | 9.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 22.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 22 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 23.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 27 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 27 | 7.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 123 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 168 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 55 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Thika in AugustKenya · 39 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Nyeri in AugustKenya · 41 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Ruiru in AugustKenya · 55 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AugustKenya · 71 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Limuru in AugustKenya · 76 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Nairobi in AugustKenya · 77 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Mwala in AugustKenya · 79 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Nanyuki in AugustKenya · 79 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 54 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Karuri) is explained once on the Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.