Climate averages 1991–2020
Nyeri weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Nyeri: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 12.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya (41 km away). In October its highs average 25.5°C, 4.6°C warmer than Nyeri, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Nyeri ranks 36th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 28th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Nyeri is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 230 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 41 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Nanyuki in OctoberKenya · 49 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 12.7°C · 219 mm rain
- Naivasha in OctoberKenya · 66 kmHigh 21.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Thika in OctoberKenya · 70 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Ruiru in OctoberKenya · 81 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Limuru in OctoberKenya · 84 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 87 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Meru in OctoberKenya · 94 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 43 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.