Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyeri weather
in August.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a mild month in Nyeri: daytime highs average 18.9°C and nights cool to about 10.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya (41 km away). In August its highs average 23.1°C, 4.2°C warmer than Nyeri, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nyeri ranks 35th of 37 for the warmest August highs and 27th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Nyeri is 5.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 46 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in AugustKenya · 41 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Nanyuki in AugustKenya · 49 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Naivasha in AugustKenya · 66 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Thika in AugustKenya · 70 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Ruiru in AugustKenya · 81 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Limuru in AugustKenya · 84 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AugustKenya · 87 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Meru in AugustKenya · 94 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 13.6°C · 11 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.