Climate averages 1991–2020
Limuru weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Limuru: daytime highs average 18.5°C and nights cool to about 9.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya (15 km away). In August its highs average 20.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Limuru, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Limuru ranks joint 36th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 21st of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Limuru is 5.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 32 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
Limuru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 7.7 | 12.212 h |
| February | 23.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 36 | 5.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 23.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 58 | 10.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 21.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 133 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 19.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 132 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 18.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 72 | 13.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 17.8°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 37 | 9.1 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 18.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 46 | 10.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 20.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 32 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 21.1°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 66 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 20.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 100 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 21.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 61 | 12.4 | 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
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AugustKenya · 15 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Kikuyu in AugustKenya · 15 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Ngong in AugustKenya · 27 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Nairobi in AugustKenya · 27 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in AugustKenya · 34 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 15 mm rain
- Ruiru in AugustKenya · 36 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Mlolongo in AugustKenya · 46 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Thika in AugustKenya · 48 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 32 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 Limuru) is explained once on the Limuru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.