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 Meru
Meru climate by month
Subtropical highland · CwbBest Feb · Jun · Sep
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing2°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,423 mm101 wet days a year
0.05° N, 37.66° EElevation 1,579 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goMeru · weather score
Best timeFeb · Jun · Sep
October: high / low24° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Meru has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb): a dry winter and a wetter summer.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 25° and nights 15°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 14°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 2°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,423 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (310 mm, 21 wet days) and June the driest (20 mm, 2 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 27% in February to 46% in July.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Meru is 1.2° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 25° · February
- Coldest nights
- 14° · July
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- June
- Clearest skies
- February · 27% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 07 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 07 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 | 24° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° |
| Average low | 14° | 15° | 16° | 16° | 16° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 15° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 74 mm | 48 mm | 124 mm | 280 mm | 114 mm | 20 mm | 16 mm | 18 mm | 24 mm | 241 mm | 310 mm | 154 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 5.9 | 3.7 | 8.7 | 18.9 | 8.8 | 2 | 2.3 | 3 | 2.3 | 12.5 | 20.6 | 12.6 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 27% | 32% | 43% | 36% | 44% | 46% | 42% | 29% | 37% | 45% | 32% |
| Daylight | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 |
| Month score | 86 | 90 | 78 | 62 | 77 | 89 | 88 | 88 | 95 | 68 | 61 | 69 |
ivMonth by month
Meru in every month
January86
24° / 14°
74 mm · 5.9 wet days
February90
25° / 15°
48 mm · 3.7 wet days
March78
25° / 16°
124 mm · 8.7 wet days
April62
24° / 16°
280 mm · 18.9 wet days
May77
24° / 16°
114 mm · 8.8 wet days
June89
23° / 14°
20 mm · 2 wet days
July88
22° / 14°
16 mm · 2.3 wet days
August88
23° / 14°
18 mm · 3 wet days
September95
24° / 14°
24 mm · 2.3 wet days
October68
24° / 15°
241 mm · 12.5 wet days
November61
23° / 15°
310 mm · 20.6 wet days
December69
23° / 14°
154 mm · 12.6 wet days