Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Karuri
Karuri climate by month
Tropical savanna · AwBest Jan–Feb · Dec
Annual mean20°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,299 mm205 wet days a year
0.70° S, 37.18° EElevation 1,211 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goKaruri · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Dec
October: high / low26° / 16°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Karuri has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 28° and nights 15°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 23° 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 1,299 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (206 mm, 26 wet days) and February the driest (31 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in January to 64% in July.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Karuri is 1.6° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 28° · February
- Coldest nights
- 14° · July
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 27% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 10 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 | 26° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 25° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 24° | 25° |
| Average low | 15° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 15° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 15° |
| Precipitation | 44 mm | 31 mm | 108 mm | 325 mm | 204 mm | 34 mm | 28 mm | 33 mm | 28 mm | 168 mm | 206 mm | 90 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 | 27% | 27% | 35% | 53% | 52% | 59% | 64% | 63% | 46% | 49% | 51% | 33% |
| Daylight | 12h 09 | 12h 08 | 12h 07 | 12h 06 | 12h 05 | 12h 05 | 12h 05 | 12h 05 | 12h 06 | 12h 08 | 12h 09 | 12h 10 |
| Month score | 70 | 68 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 55 | 53 | 53 | 61 | 56 | 58 | 66 |
ivMonth by month
Karuri in every month
January70
26° / 15°
44 mm · 10.1 wet days
February68
28° / 15°
31 mm · 8.1 wet days
March54
28° / 16°
108 mm · 15.4 wet days
April55
26° / 17°
325 mm · 25.2 wet days
May58
25° / 17°
204 mm · 21.2 wet days
June55
23° / 15°
34 mm · 14.9 wet days
July53
23° / 14°
28 mm · 15.4 wet days
August53
23° / 15°
33 mm · 16.8 wet days
September61
25° / 15°
28 mm · 13.3 wet days
October56
26° / 16°
168 mm · 21.2 wet days
November58
24° / 16°
206 mm · 26 wet days
December66
25° / 15°
90 mm · 17.2 wet days