Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 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 Nakuru: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a 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 Naivasha (60 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, 2.0°C cooler than Nakuru, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks joint 25th of 37 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Nakuru is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 68 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
Nakuru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 19 | 3.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 17 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 48 | 6.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 104 | 12.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 68 | 9.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 22.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 21.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 55 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| August | 21.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 72 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 23.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 51 | 8.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 23.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 87 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.4°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 92 | 14.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 23.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 7.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Naivasha in AprilKenya · 60 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Nyeri in AprilKenya · 98 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Limuru in AprilKenya · 110 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Nanyuki in AprilKenya · 117 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 218 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AprilKenya · 123 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Kikuyu in AprilKenya · 123 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Eldoret in AprilKenya · 128 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in AprilKenya · 131 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 201 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 Nakuru) is explained once on the Nakuru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.