Climate averages 1991–2020
Limuru weather
in May.
A mild, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Limuru: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya (15 km away). In May its highs average 21.4°C, 1.8°C warmer than Limuru, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Limuru ranks 37th of 37 for the warmest May highs and 18th of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Limuru is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MayKenya · 15 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Kikuyu in MayKenya · 15 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Ngong in MayKenya · 27 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Nairobi in MayKenya · 27 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in MayKenya · 34 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 82 mm rain
- Ruiru in MayKenya · 36 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Mlolongo in MayKenya · 46 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Thika in MayKenya · 48 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 136 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.