Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruiru weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Ruiru: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 14.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (17 km away). In February its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Ruiru, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ruiru ranks 24th of 37 for the warmest February highs and 15th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Ruiru is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Ruiru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 30 | 6.8 | 12.212 h |
| February, selected | 26.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 21 | 5.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 58 | 12.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 120 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 15.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 21.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 8.5 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 22.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 9.5 | 2.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 44 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 22.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 123 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| December | 23.5°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 57 | 13.7 | 12.212 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
- Thika in FebruaryKenya · 17 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Nairobi in FebruaryKenya · 22 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in FebruaryKenya · 23 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Mlolongo in FebruaryKenya · 28 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Kikuyu in FebruaryKenya · 35 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 12.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in FebruaryKenya · 35 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Limuru in FebruaryKenya · 36 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 11.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Kitengela in FebruaryKenya · 37 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 15.6°C · 36 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 Ruiru) is explained once on the Ruiru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.