Climate averages 1991–2020
Limuru weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 2nd 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 Limuru: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 2nd 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 Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya (15 km away). In February its highs average 24.8°C, 1.4°C warmer than Limuru, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Limuru ranks 36th of 37 for the warmest February highs and joint 25th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Limuru is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 58 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in FebruaryKenya · 15 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Kikuyu in FebruaryKenya · 15 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Ngong in FebruaryKenya · 27 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Nairobi in FebruaryKenya · 27 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in FebruaryKenya · 34 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Ruiru in FebruaryKenya · 36 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Mlolongo in FebruaryKenya · 46 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Thika in FebruaryKenya · 48 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 31 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.