Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikuyu weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kikuyu: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 12.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ngong (12 km away). In February its highs average 26.1°C, 1.4°C warmer than Kikuyu, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kikuyu ranks 33rd of 37 for the warmest February highs and joint 19th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Kikuyu is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Kikuyu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 35 | 6.3 | 12.212 h |
| February, selected | 24.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 30 | 4.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 24.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 57 | 10.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 114 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 21.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 92 | 16.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 19.9°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 42 | 7.9 | 12.112 h |
| July | 19.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 13 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| August | 19.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 21 | 3.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 21.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 16 | 3.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 22.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 40 | 9.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 21.2°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 17.6 | 12.212 h |
| December | 22.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 47 | 10.2 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Ngong in FebruaryKenya · 12 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in FebruaryKenya · 13 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Limuru in FebruaryKenya · 15 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Nairobi in FebruaryKenya · 18 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in FebruaryKenya · 20 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Ruiru in FebruaryKenya · 35 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Mlolongo in FebruaryKenya · 35 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Kitengela in FebruaryKenya · 42 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 36 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 Kikuyu) is explained once on the Kikuyu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Nairobi, Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya and Ngong lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.