Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Nakuru: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In March its highs average 24.3°C, 2.1°C cooler than Nakuru, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks joint 21st of 37 for the warmest March highs and 8th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Nakuru is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 104 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Naivasha in MarchKenya · 60 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Nyeri in MarchKenya · 98 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Limuru in MarchKenya · 110 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Nanyuki in MarchKenya · 117 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MarchKenya · 123 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Kikuyu in MarchKenya · 123 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Eldoret in MarchKenya · 128 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 97 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in MarchKenya · 131 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 63 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.