Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanyuki weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Nanyuki: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 11.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyeri (49 km away). In February its highs average 23.8°C, about as warm as Nanyuki, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nanyuki ranks joint 34th of 37 for the warmest February highs and 24th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Nanyuki is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Nyeri in FebruaryKenya · 49 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.1°C · 85 mm rain
- Meru in FebruaryKenya · 65 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 20 mm rain
- Isiolo in FebruaryKenya · 69 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 23 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in FebruaryKenya · 79 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 13.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Naivasha in FebruaryKenya · 107 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Thika in FebruaryKenya · 116 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Nakuru in FebruaryKenya · 117 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Ruiru in FebruaryKenya · 129 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 21 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.