Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakuru weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Nakuru: daytime highs average 23.1°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Naivasha (60 km away). In September its highs average 21.1°C, 2.0°C cooler than Nakuru, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nakuru ranks 29th of 37 for the warmest September highs and 26th of 37 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 37 cities is 25.7°C; Nakuru is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 87 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Naivasha in SeptemberKenya · 60 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 53 mm rain
- Nyeri in SeptemberKenya · 98 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 10.9°C · 46 mm rain
- Limuru in SeptemberKenya · 110 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 9.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Nanyuki in SeptemberKenya · 117 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 12.3°C · 41 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in SeptemberKenya · 123 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 11.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Kikuyu in SeptemberKenya · 123 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Eldoret in SeptemberKenya · 128 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 199 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in SeptemberKenya · 131 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 14.5°C · 27 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.