Climate averages 1991–2020

Nyeri weather
in March.

A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 23.5°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 12.2°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 133 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Nyeri: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes March a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya (41 km away). In March its highs average 27.4°C, 3.9°C warmer than Nyeri, with 63 mm of rain.

Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nyeri ranks 35th of 37 for the warmest March highs and 31st of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Nyeri is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 206 mm.

The annual picture

March 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	23.8°C11.1°C	11.1°C	85	12.1	12.112 h
March, selected	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

March 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.