Kikuyu climate

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Kikuyu is warmest in February, with average highs of 25 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 11 °C. April is the wettest month (120 mm) and July the driest (16 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kikuyu averages 639 mm of rain and 31 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 323,881 · 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 16 mm
Wettest month April 120 mm
Least cloud February 52 % cloud
Hottest on record February 31 °C
Coldest on record July 7.5 °C

What to expectKikuyu through the year

Kikuyu has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 19 °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, 31 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 120 mm against 16 mm in July — 7.3 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	40 mm	53 %
February	24.6 °C	33 mm	52 %
March	24.2 °C	63 mm	59 %
April	22.2 °C	120 mm	75 %
May	21.0 °C	91 mm	73 %
June	19.8 °C	42 mm	77 %
July	19.3 °C	16 mm	77 %
August	19.9 °C	24 mm	74 %
September	21.8 °C	19 mm	62 %
October	22.5 °C	48 mm	68 %
November	21.2 °C	89 mm	76 %
December	22.0 °C	53 mm	61 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	23.5 °C	12.7 °C	17.6 °C	28.0 °C	9.8 °C	6
February	24.6 °C	13.0 °C	18.3 °C	30.6 °C	9.9 °C	12
March	24.2 °C	13.5 °C	18.3 °C	28.5 °C	10.6 °C	10
April	22.2 °C	13.8 °C	17.3 °C	27.1 °C	10.0 °C	1
May	21.0 °C	13.0 °C	16.5 °C	24.6 °C	9.3 °C	0
June	19.8 °C	11.7 °C	15.6 °C	24.1 °C	8.6 °C	0
July	19.3 °C	10.7 °C	14.9 °C	24.2 °C	7.5 °C	0
August	19.9 °C	10.8 °C	15.2 °C	24.5 °C	7.8 °C	0
September	21.8 °C	11.4 °C	16.3 °C	26.4 °C	8.6 °C	1
October	22.5 °C	12.6 °C	17.1 °C	26.4 °C	9.8 °C	2
November	21.2 °C	12.9 °C	16.4 °C	25.2 °C	10.2 °C	0
December	22.0 °C	12.7 °C	16.7 °C	25.7 °C	9.9 °C	1

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	7	12 h/day	53 %	66 %	18 km/h
February	33 mm	5	12 h/day	52 %	61 %	18 km/h
March	63 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	66 %	18 km/h
April	120 mm	19	12 h/day	75 %	77 %	15 km/h
May	91 mm	16	12 h/day	73 %	78 %	13 km/h
June	42 mm	8	12 h/day	77 %	75 %	12 km/h
July	16 mm	4	12 h/day	77 %	71 %	12 km/h
August	24 mm	4	12 h/day	74 %	70 %	13 km/h
September	19 mm	4	12 h/day	62 %	65 %	15 km/h
October	48 mm	10	12 h/day	68 %	67 %	16 km/h
November	89 mm	18	12 h/day	76 %	79 %	17 km/h
December	53 mm	10	12 h/day	61 %	75 %	17 km/h

How Kikuyu 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
Kikuyu	25 °C	11 °C	639 mm	31
Karuri · Kenya	25 °C	11 °C	691 mm	32
Limuru · Kenya	23 °C	9.0 °C	849 mm	9
Nairobi · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	656 mm	124
Ongata Rongai · Kenya	26 °C	12 °C	570 mm	95
Ruiru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	648 mm	119
Kitengela · Kenya	27 °C	13 °C	668 mm	128

Where Kikuyu ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	3rd of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	7th of 50	88/100
Places with the best weather in the world in September	10th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	12th of 50	95/100
The coolest places in Africa in August	17th of 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in September	21st of 50	22 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kikuyu’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kikuyu?

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 Kikuyu 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 Kikuyu?

April, averaging 120 mm over 19 days with rain. The driest month is July with 16 mm. The year as a whole averages 639 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 Kikuyu 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: -1.246°, 36.663° (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.