Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Nakuru: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes November a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In November its highs average 21.4°C, 1.0°C cooler than Nakuru, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks 28th of 37 for the warmest November highs and 17th of 37 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 37 cities is 25.3°C; Nakuru is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 38 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Naivasha in NovemberKenya · 60 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Nyeri in NovemberKenya · 98 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 230 mm rain
- Limuru in NovemberKenya · 110 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Nanyuki in NovemberKenya · 117 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 12.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in NovemberKenya · 123 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Kikuyu in NovemberKenya · 123 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Eldoret in NovemberKenya · 128 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 12.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in NovemberKenya · 131 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 168 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.