Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruiru weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Ruiru: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (17 km away). In November its highs average 23.0°C, about as warm as Ruiru, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ruiru ranks 25th of 37 for the warmest November highs and 24th of 37 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 37 cities is 25.3°C; Ruiru is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 123 mm to 57 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Thika in NovemberKenya · 17 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 161 mm rain
- Nairobi in NovemberKenya · 22 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in NovemberKenya · 23 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Mlolongo in NovemberKenya · 28 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Kikuyu in NovemberKenya · 35 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in NovemberKenya · 35 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Limuru in NovemberKenya · 36 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Kitengela in NovemberKenya · 37 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 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.