Climate averages 1991–2020
Thika weather
in June.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Thika: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 13.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes June a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruiru (17 km away). In June its highs average 22.2°C, about as warm as Thika, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Thika ranks joint 23rd of 37 for the warmest June highs and 19th of 37 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 37 cities is 24.4°C; Thika is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 26 mm.
The annual picture
June 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Ruiru in JuneKenya · 17 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in JuneKenya · 38 kmHigh 20.3°C · Low 12.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in JuneKenya · 39 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.6°C · 32 mm rain
- Nairobi in JuneKenya · 40 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 13.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Mlolongo in JuneKenya · 43 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Limuru in JuneKenya · 48 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 10.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Kitengela in JuneKenya · 51 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Kikuyu in JuneKenya · 51 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.8°C · 42 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.