Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyeri weather
in December.
A mild, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Nyeri: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 11.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya (41 km away). In December its highs average 24.4°C, 3.2°C warmer than Nyeri, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nyeri ranks joint 35th of 37 for the warmest December highs and 36th of 37 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 37 cities is 26.0°C; Nyeri is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 181 mm to 110 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in DecemberKenya · 41 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Nanyuki in DecemberKenya · 49 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Naivasha in DecemberKenya · 66 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Thika in DecemberKenya · 70 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Ruiru in DecemberKenya · 81 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Limuru in DecemberKenya · 84 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 11.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in DecemberKenya · 87 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Meru in DecemberKenya · 94 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 55 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.