Climate averages 1991–2020
Thika weather
in March.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a warm month in Thika: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruiru (17 km away). In March its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Thika, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Thika ranks joint 21st of 37 for the warmest March highs and 27th of 37 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 37 cities is 28.1°C; Thika is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 179 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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 | 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
March in nearby cities
- Ruiru in MarchKenya · 17 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MarchKenya · 38 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in MarchKenya · 39 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 63 mm rain
- Nairobi in MarchKenya · 40 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Mlolongo in MarchKenya · 43 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Limuru in MarchKenya · 48 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Kitengela in MarchKenya · 51 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Kikuyu in MarchKenya · 51 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 57 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.