Climate averages 1991–2020
Meru weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Meru: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiolo (35 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, 4.4°C warmer than Meru, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Meru ranks joint 26th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 12th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Meru is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 22.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 112 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Isiolo in OctoberKenya · 35 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Nanyuki in OctoberKenya · 65 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 219 mm rain
- Nyeri in OctoberKenya · 94 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 98 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Thika in OctoberKenya · 137 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Ruiru in OctoberKenya · 154 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Mwala in OctoberKenya · 157 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Naivasha in OctoberKenya · 160 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 86 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.