Limuru weather in August

In August, Limuru sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 46 mm of rain across 10.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Limuru's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Limuru's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 20°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 46 mm; 10.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:39 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.9; out of 10

Limuru is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical August day in Limuru reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

Limuru weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	24° / 12°	45	7.7	12.1	7.5
Feb	25° / 13°	35	5.6	12	7.5
Mar	25° / 13°	58	10.8	12	6.9
Apr	23° / 14°	133	22	12	4.9
May	22° / 14°	132	20.7	12	4.9
Jun	20° / 12°	72	13.3	11.9	5.5
Jul	20° / 11°	37	9.1	11.9	5.9
Aug	20° / 11°	46	10.6	12	5.9
Sep	22° / 11°	32	7.2	12	6.9
Oct	23° / 13°	66	13.5	12	6.2
Nov	22° / 13°	100	20.3	12.1	5.0
Dec	23° / 13°	61	12.4	12.1	6.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	19	19	21	21	22	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	25
Cloudier (%)	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	86	86	86	86	85	84	83	82	82	81	81	79	79	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Limuru gets around 46 mm of rain over 10.6 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 34% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87
Comfortable (%)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:38 PM to 6:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34
Sunset (PM)	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:41	6:38
2	12.0	6:41	6:38
3	12.0	6:41	6:38
4	12.0	6:41	6:38
5	12.0	6:41	6:38
6	12.0	6:40	6:38
7	12.0	6:40	6:38
8	12.0	6:40	6:38
9	12.0	6:40	6:37
10	12.0	6:40	6:37
11	12.0	6:40	6:37
12	12.0	6:39	6:37
13	12.0	6:39	6:37
14	12.0	6:39	6:37
15	12.0	6:39	6:37
16	12.0	6:39	6:36
17	12.0	6:38	6:36
18	12.0	6:38	6:36
19	12.0	6:38	6:36
20	12.0	6:38	6:36
21	12.0	6:37	6:35
22	12.0	6:37	6:35
23	12.0	6:37	6:35
24	12.0	6:36	6:35
25	12.0	6:36	6:34
26	12.0	6:36	6:34
27	12.0	6:36	6:34
28	12.0	6:35	6:34
29	12.0	6:35	6:33
30	12.0	6:34	6:33
31	12.0	6:34	6:33

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.49 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.1	Bright
2	4.1	Bright
3	4.1	Bright
4	4.2	Bright
5	4.2	Bright
6	4.2	Bright
7	4.2	Bright
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
12	4.4	Bright
13	4.4	Bright
14	4.4	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.5	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Limuru?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Limuru for sightseeing.

What to pack for Limuru in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Limuru sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Limuru in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Limuru peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	16	15	11	10	11	12	14	14	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Limuru in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Limuru is worst in June — around 65 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	62	59	56	56	57	65	60	51	48	48	60	64
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	62	Unhealthy
Feb	59	Unhealthy
Mar	56	Unhealthy
Apr	56	Unhealthy
May	57	Unhealthy
Jun	65	Unhealthy
Jul	60	Unhealthy
Aug	51	Poor
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	48	Poor
Nov	60	Unhealthy
Dec	64	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Limuru?

Limuru sits at 1.1°S, 36.6°E, 2,251 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Karuri, 15 km away.

Topography around Limuru

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Limuru.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Limuru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 211 m around an average of 2,268 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,096 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,245 m.

The land around Limuru is covered by shrubs (28%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (33%), shrubs (27%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%) and shrubs (29%) within 80 km.

3 km

211 m

shrubs 28%

16 km

1,096 m

trees 33%

80 km

3,245 m

grassland 36%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← July Limuru year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Karuri 15 km · Kikuyu 15 km · Maai Mahiu 15 km · Mai 16 km · Githunguri 16 km · Kiambu 22 km · Ngong 27 km · Nairobi 27 km

Kenya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,363; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.9; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 28.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 593
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Limuru (-1.1136°, 36.642°, elevation 2,251 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	20	11
2	20	11
3	20	11
4	20	11
5	20	11
6	20	11
7	20	11
8	20	11
9	20	11
10	20	11
11	20	11
12	20	11
13	20	11
14	20	11
15	20	11
16	20	11
17	20	11
18	20	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	21	11
23	21	11
24	21	11
25	21	11
26	21	11
27	21	11
28	21	11
29	21	11
30	21	11
31	21	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	17	83
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	23	77
25	23	77
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	24	76
29	24	76
30	24	76
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	35
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	34
7	34
8	34
9	34
10	34
11	34
12	34
13	34
14	34
15	34
16	34
17	34
18	34
19	34
20	34
21	34
22	34
23	34
24	34
25	33
26	33
27	33
28	33
29	33
30	33
31	33

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	89	11
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	87	13
26	87	13
27	87	13
28	87	13
29	87	13
30	87	13
31	87	13