Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in June.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Nakuru: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In June its highs average 20.0°C, 2.4°C cooler than Nakuru, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks joint 23rd of 37 for the warmest June highs and 18th of 37 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 37 cities is 24.4°C; Nakuru is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 55 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Naivasha in JuneKenya · 60 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 12.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Nyeri in JuneKenya · 98 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Limuru in JuneKenya · 110 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Nanyuki in JuneKenya · 117 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in JuneKenya · 123 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Kikuyu in JuneKenya · 123 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Eldoret in JuneKenya · 128 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in JuneKenya · 131 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 32 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.