Thika climate

Name: Thika
Address: KE

Thika is warmest in February, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. April is the wettest month (188 mm) and September the driest (23 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Thika averages 963 mm of rain and 119 days above 25 °C.

Kenya · population 251,407 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month September 23 mm
Wettest month April 188 mm
Least cloud February 51 % cloud
Hottest on record March 33 °C
Coldest on record July 8.9 °C

What to expectThika through the year

Thika has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in July to 27 °C in February, a swing of 3.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 119 days a year reach 25 °C, 1 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 188 mm against 23 mm in September — 8.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.1 °C	43 mm	52 %
February	26.8 °C	38 mm	51 %
March	26.5 °C	80 mm	60 %
April	24.5 °C	188 mm	77 %
May	23.4 °C	137 mm	74 %
June	22.4 °C	50 mm	79 %
July	21.9 °C	26 mm	81 %
August	22.5 °C	33 mm	79 %
September	24.7 °C	23 mm	66 %
October	25.1 °C	98 mm	72 %
November	23.1 °C	173 mm	78 %
December	23.6 °C	75 mm	60 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.1 °C	14.2 °C	19.4 °C	29.8 °C	10.4 °C	16	0
February	26.8 °C	14.7 °C	20.4 °C	31.2 °C	11.5 °C	24	0
March	26.5 °C	15.4 °C	20.4 °C	32.9 °C	11.7 °C	24	1
April	24.5 °C	15.9 °C	19.3 °C	29.7 °C	12.4 °C	9	0
May	23.4 °C	15.1 °C	18.7 °C	26.8 °C	10.8 °C	2	0
June	22.4 °C	13.9 °C	17.9 °C	26.9 °C	10.5 °C	1	0
July	21.9 °C	12.9 °C	17.2 °C	27.3 °C	8.9 °C	2	0
August	22.5 °C	13.2 °C	17.6 °C	26.9 °C	9.4 °C	3	0
September	24.7 °C	13.7 °C	18.9 °C	29.6 °C	10.3 °C	15	0
October	25.1 °C	14.9 °C	19.4 °C	30.5 °C	11.8 °C	16	0
November	23.1 °C	15.0 °C	18.3 °C	27.2 °C	11.7 °C	2	0
December	23.6 °C	14.4 °C	18.5 °C	27.3 °C	11.4 °C	4	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	43 mm	8	12 h/day	52 %	70 %	14 km/h
February	38 mm	6	12 h/day	51 %	63 %	15 km/h
March	80 mm	14	12 h/day	60 %	68 %	14 km/h
April	188 mm	25	12 h/day	77 %	81 %	11 km/h
May	137 mm	20	12 h/day	74 %	80 %	9.8 km/h
June	50 mm	10	12 h/day	79 %	76 %	9.1 km/h
July	26 mm	7	12 h/day	81 %	73 %	9.2 km/h
August	33 mm	9	12 h/day	79 %	70 %	9.7 km/h
September	23 mm	6	12 h/day	66 %	65 %	11 km/h
October	98 mm	15	12 h/day	72 %	69 %	12 km/h
November	173 mm	24	12 h/day	78 %	83 %	12 km/h
December	75 mm	16	12 h/day	60 %	79 %	13 km/h

How Thika 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
Thika	27 °C	13 °C	963 mm	119
Ruiru · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	648 mm	119
Karuri · Kenya	25 °C	11 °C	691 mm	32
Karuri · Kenya	28 °C	14 °C	963 mm	163
Nairobi · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	656 mm	124
Limuru · Kenya	23 °C	9.0 °C	849 mm	9
Kitengela · Kenya	27 °C	13 °C	668 mm	128

Where Thika ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	9th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	38th of 50	92/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	40th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in January	42nd of 50	89/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in February	43rd of 50	89/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Thika’s climate

When is the best time to visit Thika?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. February, March, October 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 Thika get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 1 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 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Thika?

April, averaging 188 mm over 25 days with rain. The driest month is September with 23 mm. The year as a whole averages 963 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 Thika 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: -1.033°, 37.069° (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.