Climate averages 1991–2020
Nanyuki weather
in October.
A mild, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Nanyuki: daytime highs average 21.7°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 219 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyeri (49 km away). In October its highs average 20.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nanyuki, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nanyuki ranks joint 33rd of 37 for the warmest October highs and 36th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Nanyuki is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 219 mm to 203 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nyeri in OctoberKenya · 49 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 12.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Meru in OctoberKenya · 65 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Isiolo in OctoberKenya · 69 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 79 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Naivasha in OctoberKenya · 107 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Thika in OctoberKenya · 116 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Nakuru in OctoberKenya · 117 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 87 mm rain
- Ruiru in OctoberKenya · 129 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 44 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.