Climate averages 1991–2020
Thika weather
in May.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a warm month in Thika: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes May a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruiru (17 km away). In May its highs average 23.2°C, about as warm as Thika, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Thika ranks joint 22nd of 37 for the warmest May highs and 20th of 37 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 37 cities is 25.2°C; Thika is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From May to June, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Ruiru in MayKenya · 17 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in MayKenya · 38 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 13.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in MayKenya · 39 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.8°C · 135 mm rain
- Nairobi in MayKenya · 40 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Mlolongo in MayKenya · 43 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Limuru in MayKenya · 48 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 11.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Kitengela in MayKenya · 51 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Kikuyu in MayKenya · 51 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 13.1°C · 92 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.