Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Nakuru: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In February its highs average 24.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Nakuru, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks joint 26th of 37 for the warmest February highs and joint 11th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Nakuru is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 48 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Naivasha in FebruaryKenya · 60 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Nyeri in FebruaryKenya · 98 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Limuru in FebruaryKenya · 110 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Nanyuki in FebruaryKenya · 117 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in FebruaryKenya · 123 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Kikuyu in FebruaryKenya · 123 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Eldoret in FebruaryKenya · 128 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in FebruaryKenya · 131 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 17 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.