Climate averages 1991–2020
Thika weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Thika: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruiru (17 km away). In August its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Thika, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Thika ranks 23rd of 37 for the warmest August highs and 16th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Thika is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 32 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Ruiru in AugustKenya · 17 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in AugustKenya · 38 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 21 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in AugustKenya · 39 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Nairobi in AugustKenya · 40 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 12.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Mlolongo in AugustKenya · 43 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Limuru in AugustKenya · 48 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 9.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Kitengela in AugustKenya · 51 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 15 mm rain
- Kikuyu in AugustKenya · 51 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 10.9°C · 21 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.