Climate averages 1991–2020
Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (39 km away). In July its highs average 21.8°C, about as warm as Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya, with 26 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya ranks 21st of 37 for the warmest July highs and joint 14th of 37 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 37 cities is 23.8°C; Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 22.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 22 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 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
July in nearby cities
- Thika in JulyKenya · 39 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Nyeri in JulyKenya · 41 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Ruiru in JulyKenya · 55 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in JulyKenya · 71 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Limuru in JulyKenya · 76 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Nairobi in JulyKenya · 77 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Mwala in JulyKenya · 79 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Nanyuki in JulyKenya · 79 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 45 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.