Climate averages 1991–2020
Limuru weather
in October.
A mild, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Limuru: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya (15 km away). In October its highs average 22.8°C, 1.8°C warmer than Limuru, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Limuru ranks 35th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 16th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Limuru is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 100 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 15 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Kikuyu in OctoberKenya · 15 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Ngong in OctoberKenya · 27 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Nairobi in OctoberKenya · 27 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in OctoberKenya · 34 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Ruiru in OctoberKenya · 36 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Mlolongo in OctoberKenya · 46 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Thika in OctoberKenya · 48 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 85 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.