Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanyuki weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Nanyuki: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyeri (49 km away). In March its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Nanyuki, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nanyuki ranks 34th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 23rd of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Nanyuki is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 218 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Nyeri in MarchKenya · 49 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Meru in MarchKenya · 65 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Isiolo in MarchKenya · 69 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in MarchKenya · 79 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Naivasha in MarchKenya · 107 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 121 mm rain
- Thika in MarchKenya · 116 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Nakuru in MarchKenya · 117 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Ruiru in MarchKenya · 129 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 58 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.