Climate averages 1991–2020
Thika weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Thika: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruiru (17 km away). In April its highs average 24.3°C, about as warm as Thika, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Thika ranks joint 22nd of 37 for the warmest April highs and 25th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Thika is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 23.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 136 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Thika climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 41 | 8.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 31 | 5.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 75 | 14.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 179 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 136 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 22.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 53 | 10.9 | 12.112 h |
| July | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 26 | 7.0 | 12.112 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 32 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 23 | 6.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 85 | 14.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 161 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| December | 23.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 72 | 15.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Ruiru in AprilKenya · 17 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AprilKenya · 38 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 14.3°C · 114 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in AprilKenya · 39 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 201 mm rain
- Nairobi in AprilKenya · 40 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Mlolongo in AprilKenya · 43 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Limuru in AprilKenya · 48 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 133 mm rain
- Kitengela in AprilKenya · 51 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Kikuyu in AprilKenya · 51 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.9°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 Thika) is explained once on the Thika year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.