Climate averages 1991–2020
Thika weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Thika: daytime highs average 23.0°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes November a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ruiru (17 km away). In November its highs average 22.9°C, about as warm as Thika, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Thika ranks 24th of 37 for the warmest November highs and joint 27th of 37 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 37 cities is 25.3°C; Thika is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Ruiru in NovemberKenya · 17 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 123 mm rain
- Karuri (Kiambu County), Kenya in NovemberKenya · 38 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 13.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Karuri (Murang'A), Kenya in NovemberKenya · 39 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Nairobi in NovemberKenya · 40 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Mlolongo in NovemberKenya · 43 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Limuru in NovemberKenya · 48 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 11.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Kitengela in NovemberKenya · 51 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Kikuyu in NovemberKenya · 51 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 83 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.