Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Nakuru: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In January its highs average 23.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Nakuru, with 82 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks 28th of 37 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Nakuru is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 17 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Naivasha in JanuaryKenya · 60 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Nyeri in JanuaryKenya · 98 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Limuru in JanuaryKenya · 110 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 10.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Nanyuki in JanuaryKenya · 117 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 11.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in JanuaryKenya · 123 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Kikuyu in JanuaryKenya · 123 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Eldoret in JanuaryKenya · 128 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in JanuaryKenya · 131 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 26 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.