Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruiru weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Ruiru: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Thika (17 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Ruiru, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ruiru ranks joint 21st of 37 for the warmest March highs and joint 19th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Ruiru is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 120 mm.
The annual picture
March 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 | 26.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 21 | 5.1 | 12.112 h |
| March, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Thika in MarchKenya · 17 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Nairobi in MarchKenya · 22 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MarchKenya · 23 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Mlolongo in MarchKenya · 28 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Kikuyu in MarchKenya · 35 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in MarchKenya · 35 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Limuru in MarchKenya · 36 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Kitengela in MarchKenya · 37 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 72 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.