Nakuru climate

Name: Nakuru
Address: KE

Nakuru is warmest in March, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in September, when nights average 12 °C. April is the wettest month (102 mm) and February the driest (18 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nakuru averages 706 mm of rain and 90 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 570,674 · 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 March 27 °C
Coldest month September 12 °C
Driest month February 18 mm
Wettest month April 102 mm
Least cloud February 51 % cloud
Hottest on record March 33 °C
Coldest on record August 8.0 °C

What to expectNakuru through the year

Nakuru has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in September to 27 °C in March, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 90 days a year reach 25 °C, 3 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 102 mm against 18 mm in February — 5.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.0 °C	22 mm	52 %
February	26.5 °C	18 mm	51 %
March	26.6 °C	53 mm	56 %
April	24.4 °C	102 mm	71 %
May	23.4 °C	67 mm	63 %
June	22.6 °C	53 mm	66 %
July	21.5 °C	56 mm	68 %
August	21.9 °C	71 mm	64 %
September	23.3 °C	50 mm	55 %
October	23.5 °C	82 mm	67 %
November	22.6 °C	96 mm	72 %
December	23.4 °C	37 mm	57 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.0 °C	13.3 °C	19.0 °C	30.3 °C	8.7 °C	16	0
February	26.5 °C	13.3 °C	19.9 °C	31.6 °C	8.9 °C	22	1
March	26.6 °C	13.7 °C	20.0 °C	32.7 °C	8.9 °C	23	1
April	24.4 °C	13.8 °C	18.8 °C	32.0 °C	9.3 °C	10	0
May	23.4 °C	13.4 °C	18.0 °C	27.8 °C	9.2 °C	3	0
June	22.6 °C	12.6 °C	17.3 °C	27.2 °C	9.2 °C	2	0
July	21.5 °C	11.9 °C	16.5 °C	25.7 °C	8.6 °C	0	0
August	21.9 °C	11.8 °C	16.6 °C	26.4 °C	8.0 °C	0	0
September	23.3 °C	11.8 °C	17.4 °C	27.2 °C	8.4 °C	3	0
October	23.5 °C	12.7 °C	17.9 °C	28.4 °C	9.2 °C	4	0
November	22.6 °C	13.3 °C	17.6 °C	28.9 °C	9.7 °C	1	0
December	23.4 °C	13.3 °C	18.0 °C	29.0 °C	9.4 °C	5	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	22 mm	4	12 h/day	52 %	57 %	13 km/h
February	18 mm	3	12 h/day	51 %	52 %	14 km/h
March	53 mm	7	12 h/day	56 %	57 %	13 km/h
April	102 mm	13	12 h/day	71 %	70 %	11 km/h
May	67 mm	9	12 h/day	63 %	73 %	11 km/h
June	53 mm	10	12 h/day	66 %	72 %	10 km/h
July	56 mm	11	12 h/day	68 %	73 %	9.9 km/h
August	71 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	73 %	10 km/h
September	50 mm	8	12 h/day	55 %	68 %	10 km/h
October	82 mm	11	12 h/day	67 %	69 %	9.6 km/h
November	96 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	74 %	10 km/h
December	37 mm	7	12 h/day	57 %	67 %	12 km/h

How Nakuru 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
Nakuru	27 °C	12 °C	706 mm	90
Naivasha · Kenya	25 °C	12 °C	1,102 mm	40
Limuru · Kenya	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
Eldoret · Kenya	25 °C	12 °C	1,845 mm	58
Karuri · Kenya	28 °C	14 °C	963 mm	163

Where Nakuru ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	3rd of 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	4th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in January	18th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world year-round	18th of 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	24th of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in December	27th of 50	94/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Nakuru’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nakuru?

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, March is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Nakuru get?

In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 3 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in September, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Nakuru?

April, averaging 102 mm over 13 days with rain. The driest month is February with 18 mm. The year as a whole averages 706 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 Nakuru 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: -0.307°, 36.072° (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.