Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Nakuru: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In August its highs average 19.7°C, 2.0°C cooler than Nakuru, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks 28th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 30th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Nakuru is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 51 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Naivasha in AugustKenya · 60 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Nyeri in AugustKenya · 98 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 10.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Limuru in AugustKenya · 110 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Nanyuki in AugustKenya · 117 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AugustKenya · 123 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Kikuyu in AugustKenya · 123 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 21 mm rain
- Eldoret in AugustKenya · 128 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 304 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in AugustKenya · 131 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 27 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.