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 Limuru
Limuru climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jan–Feb · Sep
Annual mean15°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,130 mm164 wet days a year
1.11° S, 36.64° EElevation 2,251 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goLimuru · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Sep
October: high / low20° / 10°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Limuru has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 23° and nights 10°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 17° and lows of 8°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,130 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (126 mm, 24 wet days) and July the driest (36 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 31% in January to 59% in July.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Limuru is 3.7° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 23° · February
- Coldest nights
- 8° · July
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- July
- Clearest skies
- January · 31% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 11 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 03 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 | 22° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 19° | 18° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 20° |
| Average low | 10° | 10° | 11° | 12° | 11° | 9° | 8° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 10° | 10° |
| Precipitation | 68 mm | 59 mm | 104 mm | 243 mm | 194 mm | 48 mm | 36 mm | 34 mm | 38 mm | 86 mm | 126 mm | 94 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.6 | 7.8 | 14.1 | 23.3 | 17 | 10.1 | 7.7 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 16.8 | 24.3 | 16.4 |
| Cloud cover | 31% | 32% | 37% | 53% | 50% | 55% | 59% | 54% | 38% | 44% | 50% | 36% |
| Daylight | 12h 11 | 12h 09 | 12h 07 | 12h 05 | 12h 04 | 12h 03 | 12h 04 | 12h 05 | 12h 06 | 12h 08 | 12h 10 | 12h 11 |
| Month score | 77 | 81 | 64 | 57 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 77 | 61 | 59 | 65 |
ivMonth by month
Limuru in every month
January77
22° / 10°
68 mm · 9.6 wet days
February81
23° / 10°
59 mm · 7.8 wet days
March64
22° / 11°
104 mm · 14.1 wet days
April57
21° / 12°
243 mm · 23.3 wet days
May59
19° / 11°
194 mm · 17 wet days
June65
18° / 9°
48 mm · 10.1 wet days
July65
17° / 8°
36 mm · 7.7 wet days
August66
18° / 8°
34 mm · 9.1 wet days
September77
20° / 9°
38 mm · 8.2 wet days
October61
20° / 10°
86 mm · 16.8 wet days
November59
19° / 10°
126 mm · 24.3 wet days
December65
20° / 10°
94 mm · 16.4 wet days