Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Nakuru: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In October its highs average 21.7°C, 1.6°C cooler than Nakuru, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks 29th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 26th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Nakuru is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 92 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Naivasha in OctoberKenya · 60 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Nyeri in OctoberKenya · 98 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Limuru in OctoberKenya · 110 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Nanyuki in OctoberKenya · 117 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 219 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 123 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Kikuyu in OctoberKenya · 123 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Eldoret in OctoberKenya · 128 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 131 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 123 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.