Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Nakuru: daytime highs average 21.4°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In July its highs average 19.2°C, 2.2°C cooler than Nakuru, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks 27th of 37 for the warmest July highs and 27th of 37 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 37 cities is 23.8°C; Nakuru is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Naivasha in JulyKenya · 60 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Nyeri in JulyKenya · 98 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Limuru in JulyKenya · 110 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Nanyuki in JulyKenya · 117 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in JulyKenya · 123 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 10.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Kikuyu in JulyKenya · 123 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 10.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Eldoret in JulyKenya · 128 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 250 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in JulyKenya · 131 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 22 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.