Climate averages 1991–2020
Naivasha weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Naivasha: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limuru (50 km away). In April its highs average 21.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Naivasha, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Naivasha ranks joint 33rd of 37 for the warmest April highs and 26th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Naivasha is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 181 mm to 130 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Naivasha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 82 | 8.9 | 12.212 h |
| February | 24.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 62 | 6.5 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 121 | 11.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 22.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 181 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 21.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 20.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 70 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| July | 19.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 36 | 10.2 | 12.112 h |
| August | 19.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 50 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 21.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 53 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 86 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 21.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 161 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 22.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 119 | 12.9 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Limuru in AprilKenya · 50 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Nakuru in AprilKenya · 60 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AprilKenya · 63 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Kikuyu in AprilKenya · 65 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Nyeri in AprilKenya · 66 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Ngong in AprilKenya · 76 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Ruiru in AprilKenya · 76 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Nairobi in AprilKenya · 76 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 114 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 Naivasha) is explained once on the Naivasha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.