Climate averages 1991–2020
Limuru weather
in September.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a mild month in Limuru: daytime highs average 20.3°C and nights cool to about 9.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya (15 km away). In September its highs average 22.1°C, 1.8°C warmer than Limuru, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Limuru ranks 36th of 37 for the warmest September highs and 19th of 37 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 37 cities is 25.7°C; Limuru is 5.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 21.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in SeptemberKenya · 15 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Kikuyu in SeptemberKenya · 15 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Ngong in SeptemberKenya · 27 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Nairobi in SeptemberKenya · 27 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in SeptemberKenya · 34 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Ruiru in SeptemberKenya · 36 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.2°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Mlolongo in SeptemberKenya · 46 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Thika in SeptemberKenya · 48 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 23 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.