Climate averages 1991–2020

Meru weather
in November.

A warm, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.1°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 14.7°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 112 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Meru · average highYear overview

November is a warm month in Meru: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiolo (35 km away). In November its highs average 26.2°C, 4.1°C warmer than Meru, with 99 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Meru ranks joint 29th of 37 for the warmest November highs and 20th of 37 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 37 cities is 25.3°C; Meru is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.

From November to December, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 55 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Meru, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 24.1°C13.9°C13.9°C397.512.112 h
February 25.5°C14.4°C14.4°C204.812.112 h
March 25.5°C15.1°C15.1°C428.812.112 h
April 24.2°C15.9°C15.9°C8413.812.112 h
May 23.7°C15.6°C15.6°C377.312.112 h
June 22.9°C14.4°C14.4°C132.812.112 h
July 22.4°C13.6°C13.6°C101.812.112 h
August 23.0°C13.6°C13.6°C112.212.112 h
September 24.6°C14.2°C14.2°C102.112.112 h
October 24.6°C15.1°C15.1°C439.212.112 h
November, selected 22.1°C14.7°C14.7°C11220.612.112 h
December 22.7°C13.9°C13.9°C5513.212.112 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

November in nearby cities

Distance from Meru

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 limits

How 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.