Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyeri weather
in April.
A mild, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Nyeri: daytime highs average 21.5°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 206 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya (41 km away). In April its highs average 25.0°C, 3.5°C warmer than Nyeri, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nyeri ranks 35th of 37 for the warmest April highs and 30th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Nyeri is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 20.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 206 mm to 158 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
Nyeri climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 110 | 14.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 23.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 85 | 12.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 23.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 133 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 206 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 20.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 158 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 19.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 77 | 16.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 18.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 51 | 14.1 | 12.112 h |
| August | 18.9°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 57 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 20.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 46 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 20.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 129 | 18.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 20.2°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 230 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| December | 21.1°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 181 | 22.0 | 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
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in AprilKenya · 41 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 201 mm rain
- Nanyuki in AprilKenya · 49 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.5°C · 218 mm rain
- Naivasha in AprilKenya · 66 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.3°C · 181 mm rain
- Thika in AprilKenya · 70 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 179 mm rain
- Ruiru in AprilKenya · 81 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Limuru in AprilKenya · 84 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AprilKenya · 87 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Meru in AprilKenya · 94 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 84 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 Nyeri) is explained once on the Nyeri year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.