Climate averages 1991–2020
Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (39 km away). In October its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya ranks 17th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 27th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Thika in OctoberKenya · 39 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Nyeri in OctoberKenya · 41 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Ruiru in OctoberKenya · 55 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 71 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Limuru in OctoberKenya · 76 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Nairobi in OctoberKenya · 77 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Mwala in OctoberKenya · 79 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Nanyuki in OctoberKenya · 79 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 219 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.