Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanyuki weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Nanyuki: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 218 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyeri (49 km away). In April its highs average 21.5°C, 0.9°C cooler than Nanyuki, with 206 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nanyuki ranks 32nd of 37 for the warmest April highs and 31st of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Nanyuki is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 218 mm to 199 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Nanyuki climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 45 | 7.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 23.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 32 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 23.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 66 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 22.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 218 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 21.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 199 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| June | 20.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 42 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| July | 20.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 45 | 10.2 | 12.112 h |
| August | 20.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 54 | 10.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 21.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 41 | 8.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 21.7°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 219 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 20.8°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 203 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| December | 21.4°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 62 | 12.8 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Nyeri in AprilKenya · 49 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Meru in AprilKenya · 65 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 84 mm rain
- Isiolo in AprilKenya · 69 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 76 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in AprilKenya · 79 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 201 mm rain
- Naivasha in AprilKenya · 107 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Thika in AprilKenya · 116 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Nakuru in AprilKenya · 117 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Ruiru in AprilKenya · 129 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 120 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 Nanyuki) is explained once on the Nanyuki year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.