Climate guideThirty-year normals for Embu
Embu climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,348 mm205 wet days a year
0.54° S, 37.46° EElevation 1,336 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goEmbu · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low25° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Embu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 27° and nights 16°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,348 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (222 mm, 26 wet days) and February the driest (32 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 25% in January to 66% in July.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Embu is 0.5° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · February
- Coldest nights
- 14° · July
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 25% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 09 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 05 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 25° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 24° |
| Average low | 15° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 16° | 15° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 16° |
| Precipitation | 42 mm | 32 mm | 117 mm | 330 mm | 200 mm | 35 mm | 31 mm | 39 mm | 29 mm | 179 mm | 222 mm | 92 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 10.1 | 8.1 | 15.4 | 25.2 | 21.2 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 16.8 | 13.3 | 21.2 | 26 | 17.2 |
| Cloud cover | 25% | 25% | 31% | 49% | 51% | 61% | 66% | 64% | 45% | 45% | 45% | 28% |
| Daylight | 12h 09 | 12h 08 | 12h 07 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 05 | 12h 05 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 07 | 12h 08 | 12h 09 |
| Month score | 75 | 73 | 59 | 59 | 58 | 54 | 52 | 53 | 62 | 61 | 61 | 67 |
ivMonth by month
Embu in every month
January75
25° / 15°
42 mm · 10.1 wet days
February73
27° / 16°
32 mm · 8.1 wet days
March59
27° / 17°
117 mm · 15.4 wet days
April59
25° / 17°
330 mm · 25.2 wet days
May58
24° / 16°
200 mm · 21.2 wet days
June54
23° / 15°
35 mm · 14.9 wet days
July52
22° / 14°
31 mm · 15.4 wet days
August53
22° / 14°
39 mm · 16.8 wet days
September62
25° / 15°
29 mm · 13.3 wet days
October61
25° / 16°
179 mm · 21.2 wet days
November61
23° / 16°
222 mm · 26 wet days
December67
24° / 16°
92 mm · 17.2 wet days