Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruiru weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Ruiru: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thika (17 km away). In October its highs average 25.0°C, about as warm as Ruiru, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ruiru ranks 25th of 37 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Ruiru is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 22.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 123 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Thika in OctoberKenya · 17 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Nairobi in OctoberKenya · 22 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in OctoberKenya · 23 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 13.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Mlolongo in OctoberKenya · 28 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Kikuyu in OctoberKenya · 35 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in OctoberKenya · 35 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Limuru in OctoberKenya · 36 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 11.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Kitengela in OctoberKenya · 37 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 37 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.