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 Thika
Thika climate by month
Warm-summer Mediterranean · CsbBest Jan–Feb · Sep
Annual mean19°day and night
Seasonal swing4°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation1,054 mm177 wet days a year
1.03° S, 37.07° EElevation 1,506 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goThika · weather score
Best timeJan–Feb · Sep
October: high / low25° / 15°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Thika has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb): dry, sunny summers and mild, wetter winters.
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 27° and nights 15°. July is the coolest month, with highs of 22° and lows of 13°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 4°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 1,054 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. November is the wettest month (184 mm, 25 wet days) and February the driest (36 mm, 8 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 29% in February to 58% in July.
Compared with Nairobi, the capital, Thika is 0.2° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · February
- Coldest nights
- 13° · July
- Wettest month
- November
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- February · 29% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 11 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 04 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° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 24° | 25° | 23° | 24° |
| Average low | 14° | 15° | 15° | 16° | 15° | 14° | 13° | 13° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 14° |
| Precipitation | 46 mm | 36 mm | 106 mm | 252 mm | 143 mm | 26 mm | 21 mm | 18 mm | 21 mm | 108 mm | 184 mm | 93 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 9.8 | 8 | 14.6 | 24.1 | 19.1 | 11.7 | 9.1 | 11.6 | 9.7 | 18.2 | 24.8 | 16.6 |
| Cloud cover | 30% | 29% | 37% | 51% | 47% | 53% | 58% | 56% | 39% | 45% | 53% | 38% |
| Daylight | 12h 10 | 12h 09 | 12h 07 | 12h 05 | 12h 04 | 12h 04 | 12h 04 | 12h 05 | 12h 06 | 12h 08 | 12h 10 | 12h 11 |
| Month score | 77 | 74 | 59 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 67 | 62 | 73 | 61 | 57 | 64 |
ivMonth by month
Thika in every month
January77
25° / 14°
46 mm · 9.8 wet days
February74
27° / 15°
36 mm · 8 wet days
March59
26° / 15°
106 mm · 14.6 wet days
April58
25° / 16°
252 mm · 24.1 wet days
May60
24° / 15°
143 mm · 19.1 wet days
June63
22° / 14°
26 mm · 11.7 wet days
July67
22° / 13°
21 mm · 9.1 wet days
August62
22° / 13°
18 mm · 11.6 wet days
September73
24° / 13°
21 mm · 9.7 wet days
October61
25° / 15°
108 mm · 18.2 wet days
November57
23° / 15°
184 mm · 24.8 wet days
December64
24° / 14°
93 mm · 16.6 wet days