Climate averages 1991–2020

Nyeri weather
in February.

A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 23.8°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 11.1°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 85 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Nyeri: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 11.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya (41 km away). In February its highs average 27.7°C, 3.9°C warmer than Nyeri, with 17 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nyeri ranks joint 34th of 37 for the warmest February highs and 33rd of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Nyeri is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 133 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Nyeri, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Nyeri

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 limits

How 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.