Nakuru weather in July

In July, Nakuru sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 55 mm of rain across 11.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of July to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Nakuru's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nakuru's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 11.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:42 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 10th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

Nakuru is city in Kenya.

Founded: 1904

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical July day in Nakuru reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

	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)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Nakuru weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 13°	19	3.8	12	7.7
Feb	27° / 13°	17	2.6	12	7.6
Mar	27° / 13°	48	6.5	12	7.0
Apr	25° / 14°	104	12.9	12	6.1
May	24° / 14°	68	9.3	12	7.0
Jun	23° / 13°	49	9.6	12	6.8
Jul	23° / 12°	55	11.2	12	6.4
Aug	23° / 12°	72	13	12	6.2
Sep	24° / 12°	51	8.4	12	7.1
Oct	24° / 13°	87	11.1	12	6.6
Nov	24° / 13°	92	14.7	12	6.0
Dec	24° / 13°	38	7.3	12	7.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	35	34	34	33	33	32	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30
Cloudier (%)	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	67	68	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Nakuru gets around 55 mm of rain over 11.2 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 35% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	31	32	33	34	35	37	38	39	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	42	42	41

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	32
14	33
15	34
16	35
17	37
18	38
19	39
20	40
21	41
22	42
23	42
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	42
30	42
31	41

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 87% 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 (%)	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86
Comfortable (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	86	14

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July.

Across July, 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
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
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28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:41 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)	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42
Sunset (PM)	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:40	6:39
2	12.0	6:40	6:39
3	12.0	6:40	6:39
4	12.0	6:40	6:39
5	12.0	6:40	6:39
6	12.0	6:40	6:39
7	12.0	6:41	6:40
8	12.0	6:41	6:40
9	12.0	6:41	6:40
10	12.0	6:41	6:40
11	12.0	6:41	6:40
12	12.0	6:41	6:40
13	12.0	6:41	6:40
14	12.0	6:42	6:41
15	12.0	6:42	6:41
16	12.0	6:42	6:41
17	12.0	6:42	6:41
18	12.0	6:42	6:41
19	12.0	6:42	6:41
20	12.0	6:42	6:41
21	12.0	6:42	6:41
22	12.0	6:42	6:41
23	12.0	6:42	6:41
24	12.0	6:42	6:41
25	12.0	6:42	6:41
26	12.0	6:42	6:41
27	12.0	6:42	6:41
28	12.0	6:42	6:41
29	12.0	6:42	6:41
30	12.0	6:42	6:41
31	12.0	6:42	6:41

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.98 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 4.98 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Nakuru?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Nakuru for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nakuru in July

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

In July, Nakuru sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nakuru in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July 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 Nakuru peaks around March 15 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 11 (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)	16	16	17	16	13	11	12	13	14	15	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	17	Extreme
Apr	16	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Nakuru in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Nakuru is worst in June — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), 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)	27	29	32	28	31	38	37	32	30	28	28	27
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	27	Moderate
Feb	29	Moderate
Mar	32	Moderate
Apr	28	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	37	Poor
Aug	32	Moderate
Sep	30	Moderate
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	27	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nakuru?

Nakuru sits at 0.3°S, 36.1°E, 1,802 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Njoro, 14 km away.

Topography around Nakuru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nakuru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 126 m around an average of 1,799 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 684 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,998 m.

The land around Nakuru is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and water (20%) within 3 km, cropland (31%), grassland (25%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (33%), cropland (25%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

126 m

artificial surfaces 43%

16 km

684 m

cropland 31%

80 km

2,998 m

trees 33%

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← June Nakuru year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Njoro 14 km · Upper Gilgil 25 km · Rongai 28 km · Elburgon 29 km · Ol Kalou 34 km · Gilgil 35 km · Molo 38 km · Nyahururu 50 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 Nakuru (-0.3072°, 36.0722°, elevation 1,802 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	23	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	23	13
5	23	13
6	23	13
7	23	13
8	23	13
9	23	12
10	23	12
11	23	12
12	23	12
13	23	12
14	23	12
15	23	12
16	22	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	22	12
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	12
28	22	12
29	22	12
30	22	12
31	22	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	32
14	33
15	34
16	35
17	37
18	38
19	39
20	40
21	41
22	42
23	42
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	42
30	42
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	86	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	32
14	33
15	34
16	35
17	37
18	38
19	39
20	40
21	41
22	42
23	42
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	42
30	42
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	86	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	40	60
2	40	60
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	40	60
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	40	60
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	37	63
17	36	64
18	35	65
19	34	66
20	34	66
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	31	69
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	31	69
29	30	70
30	30	70
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	28
2	28
3	28
4	28
5	28
6	28
7	29
8	29
9	29
10	30
11	30
12	31
13	32
14	33
15	34
16	35
17	37
18	38
19	39
20	40
21	41
22	42
23	42
24	43
25	43
26	43
27	43
28	43
29	42
30	42
31	41

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	87	13
2	87	13
3	87	13
4	87	13
5	87	13
6	87	13
7	87	13
8	87	13
9	88	12
10	88	12
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	88	12
15	88	12
16	88	12
17	88	12
18	88	12
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	86	14
22	86	14
23	86	14
24	85	15
25	85	15
26	85	15
27	85	15
28	85	15
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	86	14