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When to go to Kikuyu
When to go
What the averages say
On these averages, Kikuyu has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May to March.
Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in January, February and June to September.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): April.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): April.
- The warmest month is February (27°C) and the coolest June (23°C). The wettest is April (153 mm) and the driest July (25 mm); about 789 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanMild–warm, dry
- FebMild–warm, dry
- MarMild–warm, mixed
- AprWet
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, dry
- JulMild–warm, dry
- AugMild–warm, dry
- SeptMild–warm, dry
- OctMild–warm, mixed
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecMild–warm, mixed
Month by month
Every month in Kikuyu
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°C | 12°C | 43 mm | 67% | 51% | 6.5 | 23°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| February | 27°C | 13°C | 30 mm | 63% | 51% | 6.9 | 24°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| March | 27°C | 14°C | 76 mm | 66% | 58% | 6.7 | 27°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| April | 25°C | 14°C | 153 mm | 76% | 73% | 5.8 | 31°C | Wet |
| May | 24°C | 13°C | 87 mm | 78% | 70% | 5.3 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 23°C | 12°C | 35 mm | 75% | 70% | 4.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| July | 24°C | 11°C | 25 mm | 71% | 67% | 4.9 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| August | 25°C | 11°C | 32 mm | 68% | 67% | 5.2 | 39°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| September | 26°C | 12°C | 28 mm | 64% | 57% | 6.1 | 37°C | Mild to warm and dry |
| October | 26°C | 13°C | 77 mm | 66% | 64% | 6.1 | 34°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| November | 24°C | 14°C | 123 mm | 77% | 67% | 5.8 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 24°C | 13°C | 80 mm | 75% | 57% | 6.1 | 25°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
When to go nearby
When to go nearby
- Nairobi18 kmGood for going: January to December
- Ruiru35 kmGood for going: May to March
- Nakuru123 kmGood for going: May to March
- Arusha236 kmGood for going: January to December
- Kisumu247 kmGood for going: June to August and December to February
- Eldoret250 kmGood for going: December to March
- Kakamega272 kmGood for going: December to March
- Mwanza441 kmGood for going: December to October
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