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Climate guideThirty-year normals for Nyeri
Nyeri climate by month
Oceanic · CfbBest Jan–Mar
Annual mean17°day and night
Seasonal swing3°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,368 mm242 wet days a year
0.42° S, 36.95° EElevation 1,812 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goNyeri · weather score
Best timeJan–Mar
October: high / low21° / 12°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Nyeri has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb): rain spread through the year and no real dry season.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 24° and nights 12°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 19° and lows of 11°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 3°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,368 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. April is the wettest month (262 mm, 27 wet days) and February the driest (62 mm, 11 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 28% in January to 57% in July.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Nyeri is 2.6° cooler on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 24° · February
- Coldest nights
- 11° · August
- Wettest month
- April
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- January · 28% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 09 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 06 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 | 23° | 24° | 23° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° |
| Average low | 12° | 12° | 12° | 14° | 14° | 12° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 12° |
| Precipitation | 78 mm | 62 mm | 116 mm | 262 mm | 211 mm | 52 mm | 45 mm | 51 mm | 47 mm | 160 mm | 178 mm | 106 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 14.8 | 11.2 | 19.2 | 27.3 | 22.5 | 14.7 | 25 | 22 | 19.8 | 19 | 26.3 | 20.3 |
| Cloud cover | 28% | 28% | 35% | 51% | 51% | 54% | 57% | 54% | 40% | 46% | 49% | 34% |
| Daylight | 12h 08 | 12h 08 | 12h 07 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 06 | 12h 07 | 12h 08 | 12h 09 |
| Month score | 67 | 74 | 65 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 57 | 63 | 60 | 59 | 65 |
ivMonth by month
Nyeri in every month
January67
23° / 12°
78 mm · 14.8 wet days
February74
24° / 12°
62 mm · 11.2 wet days
March65
23° / 12°
116 mm · 19.2 wet days
April58
22° / 14°
262 mm · 27.3 wet days
May58
21° / 14°
211 mm · 22.5 wet days
June57
20° / 12°
52 mm · 14.7 wet days
July56
19° / 11°
45 mm · 25 wet days
August57
19° / 11°
51 mm · 22 wet days
September63
21° / 11°
47 mm · 19.8 wet days
October60
21° / 12°
160 mm · 19 wet days
November59
21° / 13°
178 mm · 26.3 wet days
December65
22° / 12°
106 mm · 20.3 wet days