Limuru climate

Name: Limuru
Address: KE

Limuru is warmest in February, with average highs of 23 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 9.0 °C. April is the wettest month (137 mm) and September the driest (34 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Limuru averages 849 mm of rain and 9 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 159,314 · 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 23 °C
Coldest month July 9.0 °C
Driest month September 34 mm
Wettest month April 137 mm
Least cloud February 52 % cloud
Hottest on record February 29 °C
Coldest on record July 5.5 °C

What to expectLimuru through the year

Limuru has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 18 °C in July to 23 °C in February, a swing of 3.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 9 days a year reach 25 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 137 mm against 34 mm in September — 4.0 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	22.2 °C	50 mm	52 %
February	23.2 °C	38 mm	52 %
March	22.8 °C	62 mm	58 %
April	20.9 °C	137 mm	77 %
May	19.6 °C	126 mm	76 %
June	18.4 °C	71 mm	79 %
July	17.7 °C	39 mm	80 %
August	18.4 °C	48 mm	77 %
September	20.2 °C	34 mm	64 %
October	21.0 °C	72 mm	70 %
November	20.0 °C	104 mm	76 %
December	20.8 °C	66 mm	60 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	22.2 °C	10.8 °C	16.1 °C	27.0 °C	7.0 °C	1
February	23.2 °C	11.1 °C	16.8 °C	29.2 °C	7.9 °C	4
March	22.8 °C	11.7 °C	16.8 °C	27.4 °C	8.7 °C	4
April	20.9 °C	12.3 °C	15.9 °C	25.3 °C	8.1 °C	0
May	19.6 °C	11.5 °C	15.0 °C	23.1 °C	7.4 °C	0
June	18.4 °C	10.1 °C	14.1 °C	22.3 °C	6.6 °C	0
July	17.7 °C	9.0 °C	13.4 °C	22.1 °C	5.5 °C	0
August	18.4 °C	9.2 °C	13.7 °C	22.6 °C	6.0 °C	0
September	20.2 °C	9.7 °C	14.7 °C	24.7 °C	6.9 °C	0
October	21.0 °C	11.0 °C	15.5 °C	24.6 °C	8.0 °C	0
November	20.0 °C	11.3 °C	15.0 °C	24.0 °C	8.2 °C	0
December	20.8 °C	10.9 °C	15.3 °C	24.8 °C	7.9 °C	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	50 mm	8	12 h/day	52 %	68 %	14 km/h
February	38 mm	6	12 h/day	52 %	63 %	15 km/h
March	62 mm	11	12 h/day	58 %	67 %	15 km/h
April	137 mm	22	12 h/day	77 %	77 %	13 km/h
May	126 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	79 %	11 km/h
June	71 mm	13	12 h/day	79 %	77 %	10 km/h
July	39 mm	9	12 h/day	80 %	74 %	10 km/h
August	48 mm	11	12 h/day	77 %	72 %	11 km/h
September	34 mm	7	12 h/day	64 %	67 %	12 km/h
October	72 mm	14	12 h/day	70 %	69 %	13 km/h
November	104 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	79 %	13 km/h
December	66 mm	12	12 h/day	60 %	75 %	14 km/h

How Limuru 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
Limuru	23 °C	9.0 °C	849 mm	9
Karuri · Kenya	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
Ongata Rongai · Kenya	26 °C	12 °C	570 mm	95
Ruiru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	648 mm	119
Thika · Kenya	27 °C	13 °C	963 mm	119

Where Limuru ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in Africa year-round	5thof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in August	6thof 50	18 °C
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	7thof 50	95/100
The coolest places in Africa in May	10thof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in September	10thof 50	20 °C
The coolest places in Africa in October	11thof 50	21 °C

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Limuru’s climate

When is the best time to visit Limuru?

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 September the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Limuru get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 23 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 29 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 9.0 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Limuru?

April, averaging 137 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is September with 34 mm. The year as a whole averages 849 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 Limuru 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
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.