Karuri climate

Name: Karuri
Address: KE

Karuri is warmest in February, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 11 °C. April is the wettest month (126 mm) and July the driest (18 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Karuri averages 691 mm of rain and 32 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 194,342 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 25 °C
Coldest month July 11 °C
Driest month July 18 mm
Wettest month April 126 mm
Least cloud February 52 % cloud
Hottest on record February 31 °C
Coldest on record July 7.4 °C

What to expectKaruri through the year

Karuri has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 20 °C in July to 25 °C in February, a swing of 3.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 32 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 126 mm against 18 mm in July — 7.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.5 °C	39 mm	53 %
February	24.7 °C	36 mm	52 %
March	24.4 °C	65 mm	59 %
April	22.5 °C	126 mm	76 %
May	21.3 °C	103 mm	73 %
June	20.3 °C	44 mm	77 %
July	19.7 °C	18 mm	77 %
August	20.2 °C	27 mm	75 %
September	22.0 °C	24 mm	63 %
October	22.8 °C	58 mm	68 %
November	21.2 °C	98 mm	77 %
December	21.9 °C	54 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	23.5 °C	12.8 °C	17.7 °C	28.9 °C	9.5 °C	5
February	24.7 °C	13.3 °C	18.6 °C	30.6 °C	10.5 °C	12
March	24.4 °C	13.9 °C	18.6 °C	29.2 °C	10.3 °C	11
April	22.5 °C	14.2 °C	17.6 °C	27.8 °C	11.6 °C	1
May	21.3 °C	13.3 °C	16.8 °C	24.7 °C	9.2 °C	0
June	20.3 °C	11.9 °C	15.9 °C	24.7 °C	8.5 °C	0
July	19.7 °C	10.8 °C	15.2 °C	24.9 °C	7.4 °C	0
August	20.2 °C	11.0 °C	15.4 °C	25.0 °C	7.7 °C	0
September	22.0 °C	11.6 °C	16.5 °C	26.3 °C	8.3 °C	1
October	22.8 °C	12.9 °C	17.3 °C	26.8 °C	9.8 °C	2
November	21.2 °C	13.2 °C	16.5 °C	25.5 °C	10.3 °C	0
December	21.9 °C	12.8 °C	16.8 °C	26.0 °C	9.3 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	39 mm	6	12 h/day	53 %	68 %	17 km/h
February	36 mm	5	12 h/day	52 %	62 %	18 km/h
March	65 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	66 %	18 km/h
April	126 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	78 %	15 km/h
May	103 mm	16	12 h/day	73 %	78 %	13 km/h
June	44 mm	8	12 h/day	77 %	75 %	11 km/h
July	18 mm	4	12 h/day	77 %	72 %	11 km/h
August	27 mm	5	12 h/day	75 %	71 %	12 km/h
September	24 mm	4	12 h/day	63 %	66 %	14 km/h
October	58 mm	10	12 h/day	68 %	68 %	16 km/h
November	98 mm	19	12 h/day	77 %	80 %	16 km/h
December	54 mm	11	12 h/day	61 %	77 %	17 km/h

How Karuri compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Karuri	25 °C	11 °C	691 mm	32
Kikuyu · Kenya	25 °C	11 °C	639 mm	31
Nairobi · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	656 mm	124
Limuru · Kenya	23 °C	9.0 °C	849 mm	9
Ruiru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	648 mm	119
Ongata Rongai · Kenya	26 °C	12 °C	570 mm	95
Thika · Kenya	27 °C	13 °C	963 mm	119

Where Karuri ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	18th of 50	93/100

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Karuri.

QuestionsCommon questions about Karuri’s climate

When is the best time to visit Karuri?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, February, March sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Karuri get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 25 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Karuri?

April, averaging 126 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is July with 18 mm. The year as a whole averages 691 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Karuri rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -1.176°, 36.756° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.