Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanyuki weather
in July.
A mild, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a mild month in Nanyuki: daytime highs average 20.0°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyeri (49 km away). In July its highs average 18.6°C, 1.5°C cooler than Nanyuki, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nanyuki ranks 31st of 37 for the warmest July highs and 23rd of 37 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 37 cities is 23.8°C; Nanyuki is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Nyeri in JulyKenya · 49 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 10.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Meru in JulyKenya · 65 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 10 mm rain
- Isiolo in JulyKenya · 69 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in JulyKenya · 79 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 22 mm rain
- Naivasha in JulyKenya · 107 kmHigh 19.2°C · Low 11.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Thika in JulyKenya · 116 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Nakuru in JulyKenya · 117 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.8°C · 55 mm rain
- Ruiru in JulyKenya · 129 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.3°C · 8.5 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.