Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikuyu weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Kikuyu: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 Ngong (12 km away). In October its highs average 24.3°C, 1.8°C warmer than Kikuyu, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Kikuyu ranks 31st of 37 for the warmest October highs and joint 8th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Kikuyu is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 21.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 83 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ngong in OctoberKenya · 12 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 13 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Limuru in OctoberKenya · 15 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Nairobi in OctoberKenya · 18 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in OctoberKenya · 20 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Ruiru in OctoberKenya · 35 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Mlolongo in OctoberKenya · 35 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Kitengela in OctoberKenya · 42 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 37 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.