Climate averages 1991–2020
Meru weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Meru: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiolo (35 km away). In March its highs average 29.5°C, 4.0°C warmer than Meru, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Meru ranks 29th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 6th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Meru is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
March 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
Meru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 39 | 7.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 20 | 4.8 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 25.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 42 | 8.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 84 | 13.8 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 37 | 7.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 22.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 13 | 2.8 | 12.112 h |
| July | 22.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 10 | 1.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 23.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 43 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.1°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 112 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 22.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 55 | 13.2 | 12.112 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
March in nearby cities
- Isiolo in MarchKenya · 35 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Nanyuki in MarchKenya · 65 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Nyeri in MarchKenya · 94 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in MarchKenya · 98 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Thika in MarchKenya · 137 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Ruiru in MarchKenya · 154 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Mwala in MarchKenya · 157 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Naivasha in MarchKenya · 160 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 121 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 Meru) is explained once on the Meru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.