Climate averages 1991–2020
Limuru weather
in July.
A mild, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Limuru: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 9.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya (15 km away). In July its highs average 19.7°C, 1.9°C warmer than Limuru, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Limuru ranks 37th of 37 for the warmest July highs and 19th of 37 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 37 cities is 23.8°C; Limuru is 6.0°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in JulyKenya · 15 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Kikuyu in JulyKenya · 15 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Ngong in JulyKenya · 27 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 11.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Nairobi in JulyKenya · 27 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in JulyKenya · 34 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 11 mm rain
- Ruiru in JulyKenya · 36 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Mlolongo in JulyKenya · 46 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Thika in JulyKenya · 48 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 26 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.